Extension of Theorem 3 to negative mean curvature
Extension of Theorem 3 to negative mean curvature
The discussion concerns capillary drops bounded by support planes, with denoting the constant mean curvature of the drop. The preceding theorem establishes uniqueness under the hypothesis , while the wedge case supplies uniqueness information when .
Extension conjecture. Theorem 3 should hold without the hypothesis .
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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Primary source
Robert Finn and John McCuan, “Vertex theorems for capillary drops on support planes”, arXiv:math/9707217 (1997).
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