Zero set of Sobolev functions with negative power of integrability

Here the authors are interested in the zero set of Sobolev functions and functions of bounded variation with negative power of integrability. The main result is a general Hausdorff dimension estimate on the size of zero set. The research is motivated by the model on van der waal force driven thin film, which is a singular elliptic equation. After obtaining some basic regularity result, the authors get an estimate on the size of singular set; such set corresponds to the thin film rupture set in the thin film model.