Generalized Densities on ℝ n and their Applications

We examine some generalized densities (called (ψ, n)-densities) obtained as a result of strengthening the Lebesgue Density Theorem. It turns out that these notions are the generalizations of superdensity, enhanced density and m-density, and have some applications in the theory of sets of finite perimeter and in Sobolev spaces.

Semigenerated Carnot algebras and applications to sub-Riemannian perimeter

This paper contributes to the study of sets of finite intrinsic perimeter in Carnot groups. Our intent is to characterize in which groups the only sets with constant intrinsic normal are the vertical half-spaces. Our viewpoint is algebraic: such a phenomenon happens if and only if the semigroup generated by each horizontal half-space is a vertical half-space. We call semigenerated those Carnot groups with this property. For Carnot groups of nilpotency step 3 we provide a complete characterization of semigeneration in terms of whether such groups do not have any Engel-type quotients. Engel-type groups, which are introduced here, are the minimal (in terms of quotients) counterexamples. In addition, we give some sufficient criteria for semigeneration of Carnot groups of arbitrary step. For doing this, we define a new class of Carnot groups, which we call type $$(\Diamond )$$ ( ◊ ) and which generalizes the previous notion of type $$(\star )$$ ( ⋆ ) defined by M. Marchi. As an application, we get that in type $$ (\Diamond ) $$ ( ◊ ) groups and in step 3 groups that do not have any Engel-type algebra as a quotient, one achieves a strong rectifiability result for sets of finite perimeter in the sense of Franchi, Serapioni, and Serra-Cassano.

On locally essentially bounded divergence measure fields and sets of locally finite perimeter

Chen, Torres and Ziemer ([9], 2009) proved the validity of generalized Gauss–Green formulas and obtained the existence of interior and exterior normal traces for essentially bounded divergence measure fields on sets of finite perimeter using an approximation theory through sets with a smooth boundary. However, it is known that the proof of a crucial approximation lemma contained a gap. Taking inspiration from a previous work of Chen and Torres ([7], 2005) and exploiting ideas of Vol’pert ([29], 1985) for essentially bounded fields with components of bounded variation, we present here a direct proof of generalized Gauss–Green formulas for essentially bounded divergence measure fields on sets of finite perimeter which includes the existence and essential boundedness of the normal traces. Our approach appears to be simpler since it does not require any special approximation theory for the domains and it relies only on the Leibniz rule for divergence measure fields. This freedom allows one to localize the constructions and to derive more general statements in a natural way.