On the regularity of the maximal function of a BV function.

We show that the non-centered maximal function of a BV function is quasicontinuous. We also show that if the non-centered maximal functions of an SBV function is a BV function, then it is in fact a Sobolev function. Using a recent result of Weigt [12] , we are in particular able to show that the non-centered maximal function of a set of finite perimeter is a Sobolev function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]