Peer-reviewedCC BYJournal of Geometric Analysis
Some Remarks on Singular Capillary Cones with Free Boundary
- 1Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich, Ramistrasse 101, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2Dipartimento di Matematica “G. Peano”, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, 10124, Turin, Italy
- 3Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo, 5, 56127, Pisa, Italy
Abstract
We study singular minimizing capillary cones with free boundary. We provide a stability criterion à la Jerison–Savin and use it to prove that a minimizing capillary cone is flat when its free boundary mean curvature is non-negative and n≤ 4 n ≤ 4 , or non-positive and n≤ 6 n ≤ 6 . We also show that minimizing cones with axially symmetric free boundary are flat in dimensions up to 6 6 , and derive improved regularity results for graphical minimizing capillary hypersurfaces. The proofs rely on Simons-type inequalities for convex, homogeneous, symmetric functions of the principal curvatures, coupled with a boundary identity intrinsic to the capillary setting.
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BibTeX
@article{pacati2026some,
title = {{Some Remarks on Singular Capillary Cones with Free Boundary}},
author = {Alberto Pacati and Giorgio Tortone and Bozhidar Velichkov},
journal = {Journal of Geometric Analysis},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1007/s12220-026-02616-5},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-026-02616-5},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Some Remarks on Singular Capillary Cones with Free Boundary
AU - Alberto Pacati
AU - Giorgio Tortone
AU - Bozhidar Velichkov
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/22
JO - Journal of Geometric Analysis
DO - 10.1007/s12220-026-02616-5
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-026-02616-5
AB - We study singular minimizing capillary cones with free boundary. We provide a stability criterion à la Jerison–Savin and use it to prove that a minimizing capillary cone is flat when its free boundary mean curvature is non-negative and n≤ 4 n ≤ 4 , or non-positive and n≤ 6 n ≤ 6 . We also show that minimizing cones with axially symmetric free boundary are flat in dimensions up to 6 6 , and derive improved regularity results for graphical minimizing capillary hypersurfaces. The proofs rely on Simons-type inequalities for convex, homogeneous, symmetric functions of the principal curvatures, coupled with a boundary identity intrinsic to the capillary setting.
SN - 1050-6926
SN - 1559-002X
ER -