The Geometry of Domains in Space
The analysis of Euclidean space is well-developed. The classical Lie groups that act naturally on Euclidean space-the rotations, dilations, and trans lations-have both shaped and guided this development. In particular, the Fourier transform and the theor
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Edited by Herbert Amman, University of Zurich Ranee Brylinski, Penn State University
Steven G. Krantz Harold R. Parks
The Geometry of Domains in Space
Springer-Science+Business Media, LLC
Steven G. Krantz Department of Mathematics Washington University SI. Louis, MO 63130
Harold R. Parks Department of Mathematics Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Krantz, Steven G. (Steven George), 1951The geometry of domains in space / Steven G. Krantz, Harold R. Parks. p. cm. - (Birkhäuser Advanced Texts) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4612-7199-4 ISBN 978-1-4612-1574-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4612-1574-5 1. Mathematical analysis. 2. Geometry. I. Parks, Harold R., 1949II. Title. III. Series: Birkhäuser Advanced Texts (Boston, Mass.) QA300.K644 1999 98-44619 515---dc21
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Contents Preface 1.
ix
Elementary Topics
1
1.1 Smooth Functions ........................................... 1 1.2 The Concept of Defining Function ........................... 8 1.3 Measure Theory ............................................ 15 2.
3.
Domains with Smooth Boundaries
27
2.1
The Tangent Bundle and Normal Bundle of the Boundary .......................................... 27
2.2 2.3
The Second Fundamental Form and Curvature .............. 34 Surfaces with Constant Mean Curvature .................... 45
Measures 57 3.1 The CaratModory Construction ............................ 57
3.2 3.3 3.4
Rectifiability ............................................... 66 Minkowski Content ......................................... 74 A Space-Filling Curve ...................................... 81
3.5
Covering Lemmas .......................................... 83
3.6
Functions of Bounded Variation ..