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Extensions of Schoen–Simon–Yau and Schoen–Simon theorems via iteration à la De Giorgi

Bellettini, Costante; (2025) Extensions of Schoen–Simon–Yau and Schoen–Simon theorems via iteration à la De Giorgi. Inventiones Mathematicae (In press).

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Abstract

We give an alternative proof of the Schoen–Simon–Yau curvature estimates and associated Bernstein-type theorems (1975), and extend the original result by including the case of 6-dimensional (stable minimal) immersions. The key step is an ε-regularity theorem, that assumes smallness of the scale-invariant L 2 norm of the second fundamental form. Further, we obtain a graph description, in the Lipschitz multi-valued sense, for any stable minimal immersion of dimension n ≥ 2, that may have a singular set Σ of locally finite Hn−2 -measure, and that is weakly close to a hyperplane. (In fact, if the Hn−2 -measure of the singular set vanishes, the conclusion is strengthened to a union of smooth graphs.) This follows directly from an ε-regularity theorem, that assumes smallness of the scaleinvariant L 2 tilt-excess (verified when the hypersurface is weakly close to a hyperplane). Specialising the multi-valued decomposition to the case of embeddings, we recover the Schoen–Simon theorem (1981). In both ε-regularity theorems the relevant quantity (respectively, length of the second fundamental form and tilt function) solves a non-linear PDE on the immersed minimal hypersurface. The proof is carried out intrinsically (without linearising the PDE) by implementing an iteration method à la De Giorgi (from the linear De Giorgi–Nash–Moser theory). Stability implies estimates (intrinsic weak Caccioppoli inequalities) that make the iteration effective despite the non-linear framework. (In both ε-regularity theorems the method gives explicit constants that quantify the required smallness.)

Type: Article
Title: Extensions of Schoen–Simon–Yau and Schoen–Simon theorems via iteration à la De Giorgi
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: 49Q05, 35J15, 53C42, 35J60, 53A10, 49Q20, math.AP, math.AP, math.DG
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203938
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