Minimizers of Anisotropic Surface Tensions Under Gravity: Higher Dimensions via Symmetrization

作者:Baer Eric*
来源:Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 2015, 215(2): 531-578.
DOI:10.1007/s00205-014-0788-z

摘要

We consider a variational model describing the shape of liquid drops and crystals under the influence of gravity, resting on a horizontal surface. Making use of anisotropic symmetrization techniques, we establish the existence, convexity and symmetry of minimizers for a class of surface tensions admissible to the symmetrization procedure. In the case of smooth surface tensions, we obtain the uniqueness of minimizers via an ODE characterization.

  • 出版日期2015-2