Extension of Theorem 3 to negative mean curvature

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The discussion concerns capillary drops bounded by support planes, with HH denoting the constant mean curvature of the drop. The preceding theorem establishes uniqueness under the hypothesis H0H\geq 0, while the wedge case supplies uniqueness information when H<0H<0.

Extension conjecture. Theorem 3 should hold without the hypothesis H0H\geq 0.

The proposed extension would give uniqueness for the relevant disk-type capillary surfaces also when the mean curvature is negative. The paper presents this as a conjecture motivated by the transition from trihedral angles to wedges; no resolution is supplied here.

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Robert Finn and John McCuan, “Vertex theorems for capillary drops on support planes”, arXiv:math/9707217 (1997).

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