A uniqueness theorem for surfaces of least area with partially free boundaries on obstacles

DOI10.1007/BF00251903zbMath0506.49017MaRDI QIDQ1836870

Stefan Hildebrandt, Johannes C. C. Nitsche

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

branch point; free boundary; cusps; singular trace; stationary minimal surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35J65: Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations

49Q05: Minimal surfaces and optimization

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

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