Plateau's Problem as a Singular Limit of Capillarity Problems

DOI10.1002/CPA.22019zbMATH Open1490.76053arXiv1907.00551OpenAlexW3092589933MaRDI QIDQ5072042FDOQ5072042

Authors: Darren King, Francesco Maggi, Salvatore Stuvard 

Publication date: 25 April 2022

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Soap films at equilibrium are modeled, rather than as surfaces, as regions of small total volume through the introduction of a capillarity problem with a homotopic spanning condition. This point of view introduces a length scale in the classical Plateau's problem, which is in turn recovered in the vanishing volume limit. This approximation of area minimizing hypersurfaces leads to an energy based selection principle for Plateau's problem, points at physical features of soap films that are unaccessible by simply looking at minimal surfaces, and opens several challenging questions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.00551

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B45)

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