Isoperimetric Symmetry Breaking: a Counterexample to a Generalized Form of the Log-Convex Density Conjecture

Frank Morgan

Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces (2016)

  • Volume: 4, Issue: 1, page 314-316, electronic only
  • ISSN: 2299-3274

Abstract

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We give an example of a smooth surface of revolution for which all circles about the origin are strictly stable for fixed area but small isoperimetric regions are nearly round discs away from the origin.

How to cite

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Frank Morgan. "Isoperimetric Symmetry Breaking: a Counterexample to a Generalized Form of the Log-Convex Density Conjecture." Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces 4.1 (2016): 314-316, electronic only. <http://eudml.org/doc/287107>.

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