Minimality of free-boundary axial hyperplanes in high dimensional circular cones via calibration

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Main Author: Vianello, Giacomo
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author Vianello, Giacomo
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contents Consider an $(n+1)$-dimensional circular cone with opening angle $α\in (0,π)$. Using a free-boundary adaptation of the classical calibration method, we prove that, for $n \geq 4$, there exists a threshold $\barα(n) \in (0,π)$ such that if $α\geq \barα(n)$, that is, the cone is wide enough, the intersection of the cone with an axial hyperplane is area-minimizing with respect to free-boundary variations inside the cone. This provides a counterexample to a recent Vertex-skipping Theorem proved by the author in collaboration with G.P. Leonardi, at least for $n\geq4$.
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spellingShingle Minimality of free-boundary axial hyperplanes in high dimensional circular cones via calibration
Vianello, Giacomo
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
Consider an $(n+1)$-dimensional circular cone with opening angle $α\in (0,π)$. Using a free-boundary adaptation of the classical calibration method, we prove that, for $n \geq 4$, there exists a threshold $\barα(n) \in (0,π)$ such that if $α\geq \barα(n)$, that is, the cone is wide enough, the intersection of the cone with an axial hyperplane is area-minimizing with respect to free-boundary variations inside the cone. This provides a counterexample to a recent Vertex-skipping Theorem proved by the author in collaboration with G.P. Leonardi, at least for $n\geq4$.
title Minimality of free-boundary axial hyperplanes in high dimensional circular cones via calibration
topic Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06601