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Monotonicity Formulas for Capillary Surfaces

Differential Geometry 2026-02-11 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we establish monotonicity formulas for capillary surfaces in the half-space R+3\mathbb{R}^3_+ and in the unit ball B3\mathbb{B}^3 and extend the result of Volkmann (Comm. Anal. Geom.24(2016), no.1, 195~221. \href{https://doi.org/10.4310/CAG.2016.v24.n1.a7}{https://doi.org/10.4310/CAG.2016.v24.n1.a7}) for surfaces with free boundary. As applications, we obtain Li-Yau-type inequalities for the Willmore energy of capillary surfaces, and extend Fraser-Schoen's optimal area estimate for minimal free boundary surfaces in B3\mathbb{B}^3 (Adv. Math.226(2011), no.5, 4011~4030. \href{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2010.11.007}{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2010.11.007}) to the capillary setting, which is different to another optimal area estimate proved by Brendle (Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse Math. (6)32(2023), no.1, 179~201. \href{https://doi.org/10.5802/afst.1734}{https://doi.org/10.5802/afst.1734}).

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@article{arxiv.2409.03314,
  title  = {Monotonicity Formulas for Capillary Surfaces},
  author = {Guofang Wang and Chao Xia and Xuwen Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.03314},
  year   = {2026}
}
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