Existence and behavior of the radial limits of a bounded capillary surface at a corner (Q1816535): Difference between revisions

Consider a bounded capillary surface defined on a two-dimensional region \(\Omega\) that has a corner point at \(O\), with opening angle \(2\alpha\). If the contact angle is bounded away from 0 and \(\pi\), then the radial limits exist as \(O\) is approached from any direction in \(\Omega\). If the contact angle approaches limiting values as \(O\) is approached along each portion of the boundary, then there exist ``fans'' of directions adjacent to the two tangent directions at \(O\) in which the radial limits are constants. Other properties of the radial limit function are given and these results are used to show continuity of the solution up to \(O\) under certain conditions. For a convex corner, the solution is continuous up to \(O\) when the limiting angles \(\gamma^+_0\), \(\gamma^-_0\) satisfy \(|\pi- \gamma^+_0- \gamma^-_0 |< 2\alpha\) and \(2\alpha+ |\gamma^+_0- \gamma^-_0 |\leq \pi\).