The smooth approximation conjecture for stationary varifolds

Let VV be a stationary mm-dimensional varifold in URm+nU\subset \mathbb R^{m+n}, and let x0Ux_0\in U be a point at which spt(V)\operatorname{spt}(V) has an approximate tangent and

limr0V(Θ(V,,,)Θ(V,x0)Br(x0))rm=0.\lim_{r\downarrow 0} \frac{\\|V\\| (\\{\Theta(V,\\,\cdot\\,)\neq \Theta (V, x_0)\\}\cap \mathbf{B}_r (x_0))}{r^m} = 0.

Smooth approximation conjecture. There is a smooth classical minimal mm-dimensional graph M\mathcal{M} in some neighborhood of x0x_0 such that

Br(x0)dist(x,M)2dV(x)=o(rN)for every NN.\int_{\mathbf{B}_r (x_0)} \operatorname{dist} (x, \mathcal{M})^2 \,\mathrm{d}\\|V\\| (x) = o (r^N) \qquad\text{for every } N\in \mathbb N.

The conjecture proposes infinite-order approximation of a stationary varifold by a smooth classical minimal graph at points where the support has an approximate tangent and the density is asymptotically constant. It is intended as a first step toward understanding the size of the singular complement of the regular set; the surrounding discussion notes that it is not known whether this complement is Hm\mathcal{H}^m-null and expects Hausdorff dimension m1m-1.

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Camillo Brena, Camillo De Lellis and Federico Franceschini, “C^rectifiability of stationary varifolds”, arXiv:2503.00649 (2025).

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