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Convex geometric reasoning for crystalline energies

Analysis of PDEs 2021-02-26 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs Differential Geometry

Abstract

The present work revisits the classical Wulff problem restricted to crystalline integrands, a class of surface energies that gives rise to finitely faceted crystals. The general proof of the Wulff theorem was given by J.E. Taylor (1978) by methods of Geometric Measure Theory. This work follows a simpler and direct way through Minkowski Theory by taking advantage of the convex properties of the considered Wulff shapes.

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@article{arxiv.2102.12683,
  title  = {Convex geometric reasoning for crystalline energies},
  author = {Thaicia Stona de Almeida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.12683},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures