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Yu Tong Liu

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The space-time-Grassmann measure of the Brakke flow

For a $k$-dimensional Brakke flow on an open subset $U \subset \mathbf{R}^{n}$, over an open time interval $J$, we prove the existence of a canonical space-time-Grassmann measure $λ$, over $J \times \mathbf{G}_{k} (U)$, and give a characterisation of the flow with respect to the space-time weight of this measure. This results in a new definition of the Brakke flow, as that of a space-time measure which satisfies the Brakke inequality in a distributional sense. Each such space-time measure corresponds to a class of equivalent (classical) Brakke flows, thus yielding an equivalence between the classical definitions of the Brakke flow, and this new definition. Moreover, we prove that the mean curvature vector, density, and tangent map along the flow, are all measurable with respect to this space-time weight measure.

math.DG

Parabolic rectifiability of the Brakke flow

We prove that the support of the canonical space-time measure for a Brakke flow is a parabolic $(k+2)$-rectifiable set. As a consequence, we obtain that at almost all points along the flow, with respect to this canonical space-time measure, there exists a unique, static, planar tangent flow, and that various notions of density for the flow agree at these points. Moreover, following on from our previous work `The space-time-Grassmann measure of the Brakke flow', we continue to develop the approach to the Brakke flow as a space-time-Grassmann measure. We prove that the standard notion of convergence for Brakke flows, coming from the compactness theorem of Ilmanen (7.1 of `Elliptic regularization and partial regularity for motion by mean curvature'), is equivalent to the convergence of these space-time-Grassmann Radon measures. This gives an alternate notion of varifold convergence to the one exhibited in 7.1(ii) of `Elliptic regularization and partial regularity for motion by mean curvature'.

math.DG