New exotic containers
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: New exotic containers
zbMATH Open document ID: 1118.53007
author: Henry C. Wente
published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
review text: This is an excellent report describing the construction of new exotic containers in a gravitational field. The paper is a combination of new mathematical results and a clear exposition of what is known in the field. The totally novel feature is that containers considered here are not necessarily rotationally symmetric. Also, equilibria seem likely to be local minimizers of energy, in contrast with previous constructions where equilibria were unstable. This research was developed during the authors visit at the Max Planck Institute. The author is a world-famous expert in the physical and geometric construction of surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (in particular minimal and of constant mean curvature).
reviewed by: Magdalena Daniela Toda
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53A10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49Q10
zbMATH DE Number: 5163677
zbMATH Keywords: capillarity
zbMATH Keywords: prescribed mean curvature
zbMATH Keywords: exotic containers
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: pjm.2006.224.379
OpenAlex ID: W2002127844
DOI: 10.2140/PJM.2006.224.379
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5163677