Tangency properties of sets with finite geometric curvature energies

Sebastian Scholtes

Fundamenta Mathematicae (2012)

  • Volume: 218, Issue: 2, page 165-191
  • ISSN: 0016-2736

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We investigate tangential regularity properties of sets of fractal dimension, whose inverse thickness or integral Menger curvature energies are bounded. For the most prominent of these energies, the integral Menger curvature p α ( X ) : = X X X κ p ( x , y , z ) d X α ( x ) d X α ( y ) d X α ( z ) , where κ(x,y,z) is the inverse circumradius of the triangle defined by x,y and z, we find that p α ( X ) < for p ≥ 3α implies the existence of a weak approximate α-tangent at every point of the set, if some mild density properties hold. This includes the scale invariant case p = 3 for ¹ p , for which, to the best of our knowledge, no regularity properties have been established before. Furthermore we prove that for α = 1 these exponents are sharp, i.e., if p lies below the threshold value of scale invariance, then there exists a set containing points with no weak approximate 1-tangent, but such that the energy is still finite. Moreover we demonstrate that weak approximate tangents are the most we can expect. For the other curvature energies analogous results are shown.

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Sebastian Scholtes. "Tangency properties of sets with finite geometric curvature energies." Fundamenta Mathematicae 218.2 (2012): 165-191. <http://eudml.org/doc/282807>.

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AB - We investigate tangential regularity properties of sets of fractal dimension, whose inverse thickness or integral Menger curvature energies are bounded. For the most prominent of these energies, the integral Menger curvature $ℳ_{p}^{α}(X): = ∫_{X}∫_{X}∫_{X} κ^{p}(x,y,z) d ^{α}_{X}(x)d ^{α}_{X}(y)d ^{α}_{X}(z)$, where κ(x,y,z) is the inverse circumradius of the triangle defined by x,y and z, we find that $ℳ_{p}^{α}(X) < ∞$ for p ≥ 3α implies the existence of a weak approximate α-tangent at every point of the set, if some mild density properties hold. This includes the scale invariant case p = 3 for $ℳ ¹_{p}$, for which, to the best of our knowledge, no regularity properties have been established before. Furthermore we prove that for α = 1 these exponents are sharp, i.e., if p lies below the threshold value of scale invariance, then there exists a set containing points with no weak approximate 1-tangent, but such that the energy is still finite. Moreover we demonstrate that weak approximate tangents are the most we can expect. For the other curvature energies analogous results are shown.
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