Carnot tangent characterization of biLipschitz rectifiability

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Let (X,d)(X,d) be a complete metric space, let G\mathbb G be a Carnot group of homogeneous dimension QQ, and let EXE\subseteq X be a Borel subset such that 0<HQ(E)<+0<\mathcal{H}^Q(E)<+\infty. Write ΘQ(HQE,x)\Theta^Q_*(\mathcal{H}^Q\llcorner E,x) for the lower QQ-density of HQE\mathcal{H}^Q\llcorner E at xx, and call a metric space biLipschitz G\mathbb G-rectifiable if it is covered, up to a set of zero QQ-dimensional Hausdorff measure, by countably many subsets biLipschitz equivalent to subsets of G\mathbb G. A pointed measured Gromov--Hausdorff tangent (pmGH tangent) is a pointed measured Gromov--Hausdorff limit obtained by rescaling (X,d,HQE)(X,d,\mathcal{H}^Q\llcorner E) at a point.

Carnot tangent characterization. The following are equivalent:

  1. ΘQ(HQE,x)>0\Theta^Q_*(\mathcal{H}^Q\llcorner E,x)>0 for HQ\mathcal{H}^Q-almost every xXx\in X, and, for HQ\mathcal{H}^Q-almost every xXx\in X, there exists a constant KxK_x such that all the pmGH tangents of (X,d,HQE)(X,d,\mathcal{H}^Q\llcorner E) at xx are supported on metric spaces that are KxK_x-biLipschitz equivalent to G\mathbb G.
  2. (E,d)(E,d) is biLipschitz G\mathbb G-rectifiable.

This conjecture seeks a characterization of biLipschitz rectifiability in terms of metric-measure tangents modeled on a non-Abelian Carnot group. Its resolution would connect the authors' differentiability-space framework with geometric measure theory; the supplied text does not state whether it is known or open.

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Gioacchino Antonelli, Enrico Le Donne and Andrea Merlo, “Carnot rectifiability and Alberti representations”, arXiv:2302.01376 (2024).

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