Global rigidity of two-dimensional bubbles

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Main Author: Niebel, Lukas
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contents We study stationary hollow vortices with surface tension in two dimensions. Such objects solve an overdetermined elliptic free boundary problem in an exterior domain, with an additional boundary condition involving mean curvature and the Neumann trace. We prove sharp global rigidity of the unit circle for small Weber numbers, supporting a conjecture of Crowdy and Wegmann. This elliptic problem describes critical points of the sum of the perimeter and the logarithmic potential energy of bounded sets. We prove an isoperimetric-isocapacitary inequality and classify, in terms of the Weber number, when the unit disk is the unique solution to the associated convexity-constrained variational problem. Furthermore, a linear analysis gives precise description into close-to-circular solutions for both problems.
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spellingShingle Global rigidity of two-dimensional bubbles
Niebel, Lukas
Analysis of PDEs
76B45, 49Q20, 35Q35, 35N25 (Primary) 35J65, 76E17, 76B47 (Secondary)
We study stationary hollow vortices with surface tension in two dimensions. Such objects solve an overdetermined elliptic free boundary problem in an exterior domain, with an additional boundary condition involving mean curvature and the Neumann trace. We prove sharp global rigidity of the unit circle for small Weber numbers, supporting a conjecture of Crowdy and Wegmann. This elliptic problem describes critical points of the sum of the perimeter and the logarithmic potential energy of bounded sets. We prove an isoperimetric-isocapacitary inequality and classify, in terms of the Weber number, when the unit disk is the unique solution to the associated convexity-constrained variational problem. Furthermore, a linear analysis gives precise description into close-to-circular solutions for both problems.
title Global rigidity of two-dimensional bubbles
topic Analysis of PDEs
76B45, 49Q20, 35Q35, 35N25 (Primary) 35J65, 76E17, 76B47 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17557