Rectifiabilité quantifié et le problème du voyageur de commerce
We study finite perimeter sets in step 2 Carnot groups. In this way we extend the classical De Giorgi’s theory, developed in Euclidean spaces by De Giorgi, as well as its generalization, considered by the authors, in Heisenberg groups. A structure theorem for sets of finite perimeter and consequently a divergence theorem are obtained. Full proofs of these results, comments and an exhaustive bibliography can be found in our preprint (2001).
The notions of Lipschitz and bilipschitz mappings provide classes of mappings connected to the geometry of metric spaces in certain ways. A notion between these two is given by regular mappings (reviewed in Section 1), in which some non-bilipschitz behavior is allowed, but with limitations on this, and in a quantitative way. In this paper we look at a class of mappings called (s, t)-regular mappings. These mappings are the same as ordinary regular mappings when s = t, but otherwise they behave somewhat...
In this Note, we define a class of stratified Lie groups of arbitrary step (that are called “groups of type ” throughout the paper), and we prove that, in these groups, sets with constant intrinsic normal are vertical halfspaces. As a consequence, the reduced boundary of a set of finite intrinsic perimeter in a group of type is rectifiable in the intrinsic sense (De Giorgi’s rectifiability theorem). This result extends the previous one proved by Franchi, Serapioni & Serra Cassano in step...
Viene studiata la semicontinuità rispetto alla topologia di per alcuni funzionali del Calcolo delle Variazioni dipendenti da funzioni a valori vettoriali.
Let be a family of bounded Lipschitz continuous vector fields on . In this paper we prove that if is a set of finite -perimeter then his -perimeter is the limit of the -perimeters of a sequence of euclidean polyhedra approximating in -norm. This extends to Carnot-Carathéodory geometry a classical theorem of E. De Giorgi.
Material and shape derivatives for solutions to the Dirichlet Laplacian in a half-space are derived by an application of the speed method. The proposed method is general and can be used for shape sensitivity analysis in unbounded domains for the Neumann Laplacian as well as for the elasticity boundary value problems.
We prove generalizations of Meusnier's theorem and Fenchel's inequality for a class of generalized surfaces with curvature measures. Moreover, we apply them to obtain a diameter estimate.
Liouville problems in periodic media (i.e. the study of properties of global solutions to PDE) arise both in homogenization and dynamical systems. We discuss some recent results for minimal surfaces and free boundaries.
Let be a -step Carnot group. The first aim of this paper is to show an interplay between volume and -perimeter, using one-dimensional horizontal slicing. What we prove is a kind of Fubini theorem for -regular submanifolds of codimension one. We then give some applications of this result: slicing of functions, integral geometric formulae for volume and -perimeter and, making use of a suitable notion of convexity, called-convexity, we state a Cauchy type formula for -convex sets. Finally,...
We give a necessary and sufficient condition for a map deffned on a simply-connected quasi-convex metric space to factor through a tree. In case the target is the Euclidean plane and the map is Hölder continuous with exponent bigger than 1/2, such maps can be characterized by the vanishing of some integrals over winding number functions. This in particular shows that if the target is the Heisenberg group equipped with the Carnot-Carathéodory metric and the Hölder exponent of the map is bigger than...