Min-max theory for capillary surfaces

Chao Li, Xin Zhou, Jonathan J. Zhu

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Abstract

We develop a min-max theory for the construction of capillary surfaces in 3-manifolds with smooth boundary. In particular, for a generic set of ambient metrics, we prove the existence of nontrivial, smooth, almost properly embedded surfaces with any given constant mean curvature, and with smooth boundary contacting at any given constant angle . Moreover, if is nonzero and Θ is not π/2, then our min-max solution always has multiplicity one. We also establish a stable Bernstein theorem for minimal hypersurfaces with certain contact angles in higher dimensions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)215-262
Number of pages48
JournalJournal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik
Volume2025
Issue number818
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2025

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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