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Alexandrov's theorem revisited

Analysis of PDEs 2019-03-13 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We show that among sets of finite perimeter balls are the only volume-constrained critical points of the perimeter functional.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1711.07690,
  title  = {Alexandrov's theorem revisited},
  author = {M. G. Delgadino and F. Maggi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.07690},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Version 2: Remarks on Wente's tori and volume-preserving mean curvature flows added. More detailed description of the main proof added. Theorem 2 in version 1 (Wulff shapes are the only local minimizers of anisotropic energies) has been moved to a separate preprint

R2 v1 2026-06-22T22:52:25.581Z