“…For f (t) = t, this gives the de nition of functions of bounded variation, or BV functions, on metric measure spaces, see [1], [3] and [24]. For f (t) = √ + t , we get the generalized surface area functional, which has been considered previously in [17] and [18]. Our rst result shows that if F(u, Ω) < ∞, then F(u, ·) is a Borel regular outer measure on Ω.…”