Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We give a complete list of the possible local shapes of soap films where they wet the whole wire. In rigorous terms, given a straight line $\ell \subset \mathbb R^3$, we study $2$-dimensional cones in $\mathbb R^3$ which contain $\ell$ and are Almgren minimizing with respect to $\ell$.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: De Lellis, Camillo, Glaudo, Federico
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Mathematics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7224126537