TitleArea minimizing hypersurfaces modulo $p$: a geometric free-boundary problem
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsDe Lellis C, Hirsch J, Marchese A, Spolaor L, Stuvard S
JournalJournal of Functional Analysis
Type of ArticleInterior regularity
Abstract

We consider area minimizing $m$-dimensional currents $\modp$ in complete $C^2$ Riemannian manifolds $\Sigma$ of dimension $m+1$. For odd moduli we prove that, away from a closed rectifiable set of codimension $2$, the current in question is, locally, the union of finitely many smooth minimal hypersurfaces coming together at a common $C^{1,\alpha}$ boundary of dimension $m-1$, and the result is optimal. For even $p$ such structure holds in a neighborhood of any point where at least one tangent cone has $(m-1)$-dimensional spine. These structural results are indeed the byproduct of a theorem that proves (for any modulus) uniqueness and decay towards such tangent cones. The underlying strategy of the proof is inspired by the techniques developed by Simon in \cite{Simon} in a class of \emph{multiplicity one} stationary varifolds. The major difficulty in our setting is produced by the fact that the cones and surfaces under investigation have arbitrary multiplicities ranging from $1$ to $\lfloor \frac{p}{2}\rfloor$.

Notes

J. Functional Anal. 290 (2026) no. 12, Paper No. 111442.

URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022123626001060?via%3Dihub
DOI10.1016/j.jfa.2026.111442
Order: 
11