Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar

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A capillarity model for soap films

Speaker: Darren King, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Location: Online

Videoconference link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/94747124588

Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 11 a.m.

Synopsis:

We study a variational model for soap films based on capillarity theory and its relation to minimal surfaces. Here, soap films are modelled, not as surfaces, but as regions of small volume satisfying a homotopic spanning condition.