Polygonal Hele-Shaw problem with surface tension (Q361777)

Summary: We study a polygonal analogue of the Hele-Shaw moving boundary problem 1 with surface tension based on a framework of polygonal motion proposed by \textit{M. Beneš} et al. [Interfaces Free Bound. 11, No. 4, 515--536 (2009; Zbl 1189.65189)]. A key idea is to introduce a polygonal Dirichlet-to-Neumann map. We study variational properties of the polygonal Dirichlet to-Neumann map and show that our polygonal Hele-Shaw problem is a polygonal analogue of the original problem. Local solvability of a polygonal Hele-Shaw problem is also proved by means of the variational structure.