Harmonic and quasi-harmonic spheres, part III. Rectifiablity of the parabolic defect measure and generalized varifold flows

Fang Hua Lin, Chang You Wang

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Abstract

We study weakly convergent sequences of suitable weak solutions of heat flows of harmonic maps or approximated harmonic maps. We prove a dimensional stratification for the space-time concentration measure and verify that the concentration measure, viewed as a generalized varifold, moves according to the generalized varifold flow rule which reduces to the Brakke's flow of varifold provided that the limiting harmonic map flow is suitable. We also establish an energy quantization for the density of the limiting varifold.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)209-259
Number of pages51
JournalAnnales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Brakke's flow
  • Concentration measures
  • Energy quantization
  • Generalized varifold flows
  • Harmonic or approximated harmonic map flows
  • Rectifiablity
  • Stratification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Applied Mathematics

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