Nonlocal s-minimal surfaces and Lawson cones

DOI10.4310/JDG/1525399218zbMATH Open1394.53012arXiv1402.4173OpenAlexW2964021988WikidataQ115165730 ScholiaQ115165730MaRDI QIDQ1748607FDOQ1748607

Authors: Juan Dávila, Manuel del Pino, Juncheng Wei 

Publication date: 14 May 2018

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The nonlocal $s$-fractional minimal surface equation for $Sigma=partialE$ where $E$ is an open set in $R^N$ is given by ${\displaystyle }$ H_Sigma^ s (p) := int_{R^N} frac {chi_E(x) - chi_{E^c}(x)} {|x-p|^{N+s}}, dx = 0 quad ext{for all } pin Sigma. ${\displaystyle }$ Here $0<s<1$, $chi$ designates characteristic function, and the integral is understood in the principal value sense. The classical notion of minimal surface is recovered by letting $so1$. In this paper we exhibit the first concrete examples (beyond the plane) of nonlocal $s-$minimal surfaces. When $s$ is close to $1$, we first construct a connected embedded $s$-minimal surface of revolution in $R^3$, the {�f nonlocal catenoid}, an analog of the standard catenoid $|x_3|=log(r+sqrt{r}^2-1)$. Rather than eventual logarithmic growth, this surface becomes asymptotic to the cone $|x_3|=rsqrt1-s$. We also find a two-sheet embedded $s$-minimal surface asymptotic to the same cone, an analog to the simple union of two parallel planes. On the other hand, for any $0<s<1$, $n,mge1$, $s-$minimal Lawson cones $|v|=alpha|u|$, $(u,v)in{R}^{n}imes{R}^m$, are found to exist. In sharp contrast with the classical case, we prove their stability for small $s$ and $n+m=7$, which suggests that unlike the classical theory (or the case $s$ close to 1), the regularity of $s$-area minimizing surfaces may not hold true in dimension $7$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4173

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

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