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Regularity of stable capillary minimal hypersurfaces

Differential Geometry 2026-05-21 v1

Abstract

We develop a regularity and compactness theory for stable capillary minimal hypersurfaces in the half-space Hn+1\mathbb{H}^{n+1} with contact angle θ(0,π)\theta \in (0,\pi) and dimension n2n \geq 2. As a consequence, we obtain the generalized Bernstein theorem for embedded complete stable capillary minimal hypersurfaces in Hn+1\mathbb{H}^{n+1} with Euclidean area growth. The key innovation is an integral curvature estimate: by carefully selecting an appropriate tilt excess function, we are able to eliminate the boundary terms arising in the stability inequality. Building on this, we establish a boundary sheeting theorem by refining the arguments in [SS81]. These results, combined with a refined classification of stable capillary minimal cones, lead to the main regularity and compactness theorems.

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@article{arxiv.2605.20964,
  title  = {Regularity of stable capillary minimal hypersurfaces},
  author = {Gaoming Wang and Xuwen Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.20964},
  year   = {2026}
}

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68 pages, 2 figures. All comments are welcome

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