Double bubbles for immiscible fluids in R^n

DOI10.1007/S12220-012-9333-1zbMATH Open1306.49057arXiv1212.4580OpenAlexW2079506328MaRDI QIDQ471995FDOQ471995

Gary R. Lawlor

Publication date: 18 November 2014

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use a new approach that we call unification to prove that standard weighted double bubbles in $n$-dimensional Euclidean space minimize immiscible fluid surface energy, that is, surface area weighted by constants. The result is new for weighted area, and also gives the simplest known proof to date of the (unit weight) double bubble theorem. As part of the proof we introduce a striking new symmetry argument for showing that a minimizer must be a surface of revolution.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.4580

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zbMATH Keywords

Gauss mapsymmetrizationunificationdouble bubbleimmiscible fluidsweighted area

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Minimal surfaces and optimization (49Q05) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Geometric measure and integration theory, integral and normal currents in optimization (49Q15) Optimality conditions for free problems in two or more independent variables (49K10)

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