Instantaneous convexity breaking for the quasi-static droplet model

DOI10.4171/IFB/498zbMATH Open1526.35329arXiv2210.12281MaRDI QIDQ6082525FDOQ6082525

Authors: Albert Chau, Ben Weinkove 

Publication date: 6 November 2023

Published in: Interfaces and Free Boundaries (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a well-known quasi-static model for the shape of a liquid droplet. The solution can be described in terms of time-evolving domains in $mathbb{R}^n$. We give an example to show that convexity of the domain can be instantaneously broken.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.12281

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zbMATH Keywords

convexityquasi-static modelliquid droplet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35)

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