Every finite graph arises as the singular set of a compact $3$-d calibrated area minimizing surface

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that any finite graph can be realized as the singular set of a compact 3-dimensional calibrated area-minimizing surface within a 6-manifold, expanding understanding of singularities in geometric measure theory.

Contribution

It constructs calibrated 3D area-minimizing surfaces with prescribed finite graph singularities in 6-manifolds, using novel techniques inspired by De Lellis and Bryant.

Findings

Any finite graph can be realized as a singular set of a calibrated surface.

Constructs are valid in 6-manifolds with non-zero third Betti number.

Near the singular set, the calibration form resembles a twisted special Lagrangian form.

Abstract

Given any (not necessarily connected) combinatorial finite graph and any compact smooth $6$-manifold $M^6$ with the third Betti number $b_3\not=0$, we construct a calibrated 3-dimensional homologically area minimizing surface on $M$ equipped in a smooth metric $g$, so that the singular set of the surface is precisely an embedding of this finite graph. Moreover, the calibration form near the singular set is a smoothly $GL(6,\mathbb{R})$ twisted special Lagrangian form. The constructions are based on some unpublished ideas of Professor Camillo De Lellis and Professor Robert Bryant.