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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.

We prove a result about the rectifiability of class $C^2$ of the set of regular values (in the sense of Clarke) of a Lipschitz map $\phi :{ℝ}^n\to {ℝ}^N$ with

Let $\gamma ,\tau :[a,b]\to R^{k+1}$ be a couple of Lipschitz maps such that ${\gamma }^{\prime }=\pm |{\gamma }^{\prime }|\tau$ almost everywhere in $[a,b]$. Then $\gamma ([a,b])$ is a $C^2$-rectifiable set, namely it may be covered by countably many curves of class $C^2$ embedded in $R^{k+1}$. As a conseguence, projecting the rectifiable carrier of a one-dimensional generalized Gauss graph provides a $C^2$-rectifiable set.

Let m,n be positive integers such that m < n and let G(n,m) be the Grassmann manifold of all m-dimensional subspaces of ℝⁿ. For V ∈ G(n,m) let ${\pi }_V$ denote the orthogonal projection from ℝⁿ onto V. The following characterization of purely unrectifiable sets holds. Let A be an ${}^m$-measurable subset of ℝⁿ with ${}^m\left(A\right)<\infty$. Then A is purely m-unrectifiable if and only if there exists a null subset Z of the universal bundle $(V,v)\left|V\in G\right(n,m),v\in V$ such that, for all P ∈ A, one has ${}^{m(n-m)}\left(V\in G(n,m)\left|\right(V,{\pi }_V\left(P\right))\in Z\right)>0$. One can replace “for all P ∈ A” by “for ${}^m$-a.e. P ∈...

Let ${\Phi }_1,...,{\Phi }_{k+1}$ (with $k\ge 1$) be vector fields of class $C^k$ in an open set $U{\subset }^{N+m}$, let $𝕄$ be a $N$-dimensional $C^k$ submanifold of $U$ and define $$𝕋:=\{z\in 𝕄:{\Phi }_1\left(z\right),...,{\Phi }_{k+1}\left(z\right)\in T_z𝕄\}$$ where $T_z𝕄$ is the tangent space to $𝕄$ at $z$. Then we expect the following property, which is obvious in the special case when $z_0$ is an interior point (relative to $𝕄$) of $𝕋$: If $z_0\in 𝕄$ is a $(N+k)$-density point (relative to $𝕄$) of $𝕋$ then all the iterated Lie brackets of order less or equal to $k$ $${\Phi }_{i_1}\left(z_0\right),[{\Phi }_{i_1},{\Phi }_{i_2}]\left(z_0\right),[[{\Phi }_{i_1},{\Phi }_{i_2}],{\Phi }_{i_3}]\left(z_0\right),...(h,i_h\le k+1)$$ belong to $T_{z_0}𝕄$. Such a property has been proved in [9] for $k=1$ and its proof in the case $k=2$ is...