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Every stationary polyhedral set in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) is area minimizing under diffeomorphisms (English)
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15 June 1997
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There are infinitely many minimal cones in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). Of these only three are area minimizing under Lipschitz maps: the plane; the three half planes meeting along their common boundary line at an angle of 120 degrees; the cone over the one-skeleton of the regular tetrahedron. In this paper we prove that every stationary polyhedral set in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) is area minimizing under diffeomorphisms leaving the boundary fixed. This theorem is also extended to the surface energy of crystals and immiscible fluids.
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stationary polyhedral sets
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Euclidean \(n\)-space
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minimization of area
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surface energy
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