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Stability of hypersurfaces with constant $r$-th anisotropic mean curvature

Differential Geometry 2008-01-24 v1

Abstract

Given a positive function FF on SnS^n which satisfies a convexity condition, we define the rr-th anisotropic mean curvature function HrFH^F_r for hypersurfaces in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} which is a generalization of the usual rr-th mean curvature function. Let X:MRn+1X:M\to \mathbb{R}^{n+1} be an nn-dimensional closed hypersurface with Hr+1F=H^F_{r+1}=constant, for some rr with 0rn10\leq r\leq n-1, which is a critical point for a variational problem. We show that X(M)X(M) is stable if and only if X(M)X(M) is the Wulff shape.

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@article{arxiv.0801.3561,
  title  = {Stability of hypersurfaces with constant $r$-th anisotropic mean curvature},
  author = {Yijun He and Haizhong Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3561},
  year   = {2008}
}

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