This work was motivated by the famous Plateau\'s Problem which concerns the existence of a minimizing set of the area functional with prescribed boundary. In order to solve the Plateau\'s Problem, we make use of different theories: the theory of varifolds, currents and locally finite perimeter sets (Caccioppoli sets). Working on the Caccioppoli sets theory, it is straightforward to prove the existence of a minimizing set in some classical problems as the isoperimetric and Plateau\'s problems. If we switch the problem to find the regularity that we can extract of some minimizing set, we come across complicated ideas and tools. Although, the Plateau\'s Problem and other classical problems are well settled. Because of that, we have extensively studied the almost minimizing condition ((; r)-minimizing sets) considered by Maggi ([?]) which subsumes some classical problems. We focused on the regularity theory extracted from this almost minimizing condition. / This work was motivated by the famous Plateau\'s Problem which concerns the existence of a minimizing set of the area functional with prescribed boundary. In order to solve the Plateau\'s Problem, we make use of different theories: the theory of varifolds, currents and locally finite perimeter sets (Caccioppoli sets). Working on the Caccioppoli sets theory, it is straightforward to prove the existence of a minimizing set in some classical problems as the isoperimetric and Plateau\'s problems. If we switch the problem to find the regularity that we can extract of some minimizing set, we come across complicated ideas and tools. Although, the Plateau\'s Problem and other classical problems are well settled. Because of that, we have extensively studied the almost minimizing condition ((; r)-minimizing sets) considered by Maggi ([?]) which subsumes some classical problems. We focused on the regularity theory extracted from this almost minimizing condition.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-06-13T17:29:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 GeovanCampos.pdf: 458133 bytes, checksum: 442b76b0f10e2ef37624745cce5924a3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-13T17:29:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GeovanCampos.pdf: 458133 bytes, checksum: 442b76b0f10e2ef37624745cce5924a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-31 / In this work, we talk about the article "Area-Minimizing Projective Planes in 3- Manifolds" due to Hubert Bray, Simon Brendle, Michael Eichmair and Andr´e Neves. In this article they consider a compact Riemannian 3-manifold (M; g) with positive scalar curvature and an embedded projective plane. In these conditions they prove a higher estimate of curvature, in term of infimum of the scalar curvature of (M; g), for the area of the projective plane that has the smallest area within the class of all surfaces Σ ⊂ M homeomorphic to projective plane. Furthermore, they prove that this inequality is great. More precisely, they get that if this equality hold in (M 3; g), so M is isometric to the three-dimensional projective space RP3 with constant sectional curvature. / Neste trabalho, dissertamos sobre o artigo "Area-minimizing Projective Planes in 3-Manifolds" devido a Hubert Bray, Simon Brendle, Michael Eichmair e André Neves. Neste artigo eles consideram uma 3-variedades Riemannianas compactas (M³, g) com curvatura escalar positiva e que admitem planos projetivos mergulhados. Nestas condições eles provam uma estimativa superior, em termo do ínfimo da curvatura escalar de (M; g), para a área do plano projetivo que possui a menor área dentro da classe de todas as superfícies Σ ⊂ M homeomorfas ao plano projetivo. Além disso, eles provam que esta desigualdade é ótima. Mais precisamente, eles obtém que se a igualdade ocorre então a variedade Riemanniana (M³, g) é isométrica ao espaço projetivo tridimensional RP3 coma métrica de curvatura seccional constante.