Strong stability for the Wulff inequality with a crystalline norm

zbMATH Open1495.49033arXiv1910.09515MaRDI QIDQ5063248FDOQ5063248

Authors: Alessio Figalli, Yi Ru-Ya Zhang 

Publication date: 17 March 2022

Abstract: Let $K$ be a convex polyhedron and $mathscrF$ its Wulff energy, and let $mathscrC(K)$ denote the set of convex polyhedra close to $K$ whose faces are parallel to those of $K$. We show that, for sufficiently small $epsilon$, all $epsilon$-minimizers belong to $mathscrC(K)$. As a consequence of this result we obtain the following sharp stability inequality for crystalline norms: There exist $gamma=gamma(K,n)>0$ and $sigma=sigma(K,n)>0$ such that, whenever $|E|=|K|$ and $|EDeltaK|lesigma$ then ${\displaystyle }$ mathscr F(E) - mathscr F(K^a)ge gamma |E Delta K^a| qquad ext{for some }K^a in mathscr C(K). ${\displaystyle }$ In other words, the Wulff energy $mathscrF$ grows very fast (with power $1$) away from the set $mathscrC(K).$ The set $K^{a}inmathscrC(K)$ appearing in the formula above can be informally thought as a sort of "projection" of $E$ on the set $mathscrC(K).$ Another corollary of our result is a very strong rigidity result for crystals: For crystalline surface tensions, minimizers of $mathscrF(E)+in{t}_{E}g$ with small mass are polyhedra with sides parallel to the ones of $K$. In other words, for small mass, the potential energy cannot destroy the crystalline structure of minimizers. This extends to arbitrary dimensions a two-dimensional result obtained in [9].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.09515

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zbMATH Keywords

convex polyhedronrigidity for crystalWulff energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25)

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