Rectifiable set

Rectifiable set

In mathematics, a rectifiable set is a set that is smooth in a certain measure-theoretic sense. It is an extension of the idea of a rectifiable curve to higher dimensions; loosely speaking, a rectifiable set is a rigorous formulation of a piece-wise smooth set. As such, it has many of the desirable properties of smooth manifolds, including tangent spaces that are defined almost everywhere. Rectifiable sets are the underlying object of study in geometric measure theory.

Definition

A subset E of Euclidean space mathbb{R}^n is said to be m-rectifiable set if there exist a collection {f_i} of continuously differentiable maps

:f_i:mathbb{R}^m o mathbb{R}^n

such that the m-Hausdorff measure mathcal{H}^m of

:Eackslash igcup_{i=0}^infty f_ileft(mathbb{R}^m ight)

is zero. The backslash here denotes the set difference. Equivalently, the f_i may be taken to be Lipschitz continuous without altering the definition.

A set is said to be purely m-unrectifiable if for "every" (continuous, differentiable) f:mathbb{R}^m o mathbb{R}^n, one has

:mathcal{H}^m left(E cap fleft(mathbb{R}^m ight) ight)=0.

A standard example of a purely-1-unrectifiable set in two dimensions is the cross-product of the Cantor set times itself.

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