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We provide a congruence theorem for minimal surfaces in $S^5$ with constant contact angle using Gauss-Codazzi-Ricci equations. More precisely, we prove that Gauss-Codazzi-Ricci equations for minimal surfaces in $S^5$ with constant contact angle satisfy an equation for the Laplacian of the holomorphic angle. Also, we wi…

The study classifies and constructs examples of surfaces with specific curvature and boundary conditions.

In this paper we introduce the notion of contact angle for an immersed surface in three dimensional sphere. We deduce formulas for the Laplacian and for the Gaussian curvature, and we classify minimal surfaces in $S^3$ with constant contact angle. Also, we give an example of a minimal surface in $S^3$ with non constant…

We show that an immersed minimal annulus, with two planar boundary curves along which the surface meets these planes with constant contact angle, is part of the catenoid.

We provide a characterization of the Clifford Torus in S3 via moving frames and contact structure equations. More precisely, we prove that minimal surfaces in S3 with constant contact angle must be the Clifford Torus. Some applications of this result are then given, and some examples are discussed.

In this paper we introduce the notion of contact angle. We deduce formulas for Laplacian and Gaussian curvature of a minimal surface in $S^{2n+1}$ and give a characterization of the generalized Clifford Torus as the only non-legendrian minimal surface in $S^5$ with constant Contact and Kaehler angles.

Theory for capillary surfaces in 3-manifolds with smooth boundary.

In this paper we proof that the Holomorphic angle for compact minimal surfaces in the sphere $S^5$ with constant Contact angle and with a parallel normal vector field must be constant.

We establish a connection between capillary floating in neutral equilibrium and the billiard ball problem. This allows us to reduce the question of floating in neutral equilibrium at any orientation with a prescribed contact angle for infinite homogeneous cylinders to a question about billiard caustics for their orthog…

We show that a compact embedded minimal or constant mean curvature annulus with non-vanishing Gaussian curvature which is tangent to two spheres of same radius or tangent to a sphere and meeting a plane in constant contact angle is rotational.

We consider the motion by mean curvature of an $n$-dimensional graph over a time-dependent domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, intersecting $\mathbb{R}^n$ at a constant angle. In the general case, we prove local existence for the corresponding quasilinear parabolic equation with a free boundary, and derive a continuation criteri…

We consider an evolving plane curve with two endpoints that can move freely on the $x$-axis with generating constant contact angles. We discuss the asymptotic behavior of global-in-time solutions when the evolution of this plane curve is governed by area-preserving curvature flow equation. The main result shows that an…

Study proves existence of weak mean curvature flow with contact angle.

Establishes a boundary maximum principle for varifolds with fixed contact angle.

The paper studies mean curvature flow with contact angles in high-dimensional cylinders.

Paper proves inequality for capillary hypersurfaces with new proof.

Mean curvature flow converges to a translating soliton with prescribed contact angle.

Proves existence of minimal surfaces with fixed boundary contact angle.

Study gradient flow of phase transitions with fixed contact angle.

The paper proves the existence of constant mean curvature disks with capillary boundary conditions.

We show that $φ$-invariant submanifolds of metric contact pairs with orthogonal characteristic foliations make constant angles with the Reeb vector fields. Our main result is that for the normal case such submanifolds of dimension at least $2$ are all minimal. We prove that an odd-dimensional $φ$-invariant submanifold …

Paper proves minimizing movements match smooth droplet flow in 3D.

We investigate a variational problem in the Lorentz-Minkowski space $ł^3$ whose critical points are spacelike surfaces with constant mean curvature and making constant contact angle with a given support surface along its common boundary. We show that if the support surface is a pseudosphere, then the surface is a plana…

We consider embedded ring-type surfaces (that is, compact, connected, orientable surfaces with two boundary components and Euler-Poincaré characteristic zero) in ${\bold R}^3$ of constant mean curvature which meet planes $Π_1$ and $Π_2$ in constant contact angles $γ_1$ and $γ_2$ and bound, together with those planes, a…

In this paper we study nonparametric mean curvature type flows in $M\times\mathbb{R}$ which are represented as graphs $(x,u(x,t))$ over a domain in a Riemannian manifold $M$ with prescribed contact angle. The speed of $u$ is the mean curvature speed minus an admissible function $ψ(x,u,Du)$. Long time existence and unif…

We construct open book structures on all moment-angle manifolds and describe the topology of their leaves and bindings under certain restrictions. II. We also show, using a recent deep result about contact forms due to Borman, Eliashberg and Murphy [6], that every odd-dimensional moment-angle manifold admits a contact …

Shows smoothness of varifolds with specific boundary angles.

We introduce a notion of the noncommutative integrability within a framework of contact geometry.

We first define a complex angle between two oriented spacelike planes in 4-dimensional Minkowski space, and then study the constant angle surfaces in that space, i.e. the oriented spacelike surfaces whose tangent planes form a constant complex angle with respect to a fixed spacelike plane. This notion is the natural Lo…

Constructs minimal capillary cones with specific symmetry and proves their existence and uniqueness.

We study the prescribed mean curvature equation with a prescribed boundary contact angle condition in $M\times\R$ where $M^n$ is a Riemannian submanifold in $\R^{n+1}$. The main purpose is to establish a priori gradient estimates for solutions, from which the long time existence of the solution are derived.

In this paper, we can prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the constant mean curvature (CMC for short) equation with nonzero Neumann boundary data in product manifold $M^{n}\times\mathbb{R}$, where $M^{n}$ is an $n$-dimensional ($n\geq2$) complete Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, and …

In this paper we classify certain special ruled surfaces in $\R^3$ under the general theorem of characterization of constant angle surfaces. We study the tangent developable and conical surfaces from the point of view the constant angle property. Moreover, the natural extension to normal and binormal constant angle sur…

Study on null hypersurfaces with constant angle in Lorentzian manifolds.

This paper analyzes the configurations of shapes that shows a spacelike liquid drop in Minkowski space deposited over a spacelike plane $Π$. We assume the presence of a uniform gravity field directed toward $Π$ and that the volume of the drop is prescribed. Our interest are the liquid drops that are critical points of …

Let $Σ$ be a compact immersed stable capillary hypersurface in a wedge bounded by two hyperplanes in $\mathbb R^{n+1}$. Suppose that $Σ$ meets those two hyperplanes in constant contact angles and is disjoint from the edge of the wedge. It is proved that if $\partial Σ$ is embedded for $n=2$, or if $\partialΣ$ is convex…

We study surfaces in $\R^4$ whose tangent spaces have constant principal angles with respect to a plane. Using a PDE we prove the existence of surfaces with arbitrary constant principal angles. The existence of such surfaces turns out to be equivalent to the existence of a special local symplectomorphism of $\R^2$. We …

A constant angle surface in Minkowski space is a spacelike surface whose unit normal vector field makes a constant hyperbolic angle with a fixed timelike vector. In this work we study and classify these surfaces. In particular, we show that they are flat. Next we prove that a tangent developable surface (resp. cylinder…

In the present paper we classify curves and surfaces in Euclidean $3-$space which make constant angle with a certain Killing vector field. Moreover, we characterize the catenoid and Dini's surface in terms of constant angle surfaces.

The paper proves the existence of capillary geodesics on Riemannian 2-disks.

Symmetric hypersurfaces and boundaries in R^n+1 with group actions.

Study of curves and surfaces in Riemannian spaces making a constant angle with a parallel transported direction.

The paper classifies hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{H}^2 imes\mathbb{H}^2$ with constant curvature.

In this paper we study slant submanifolds of Lorentzian almost contact manifolds. We have taken the submanifold as a space like and then defined the slant angle on a submanifold and thus we extended the results of A. Lotta (Slant submanifolds in contact geometry [8]) and M. A. Khan et. al. (Slant submanifolds of Lorent…

In this paper we study constant angle surfaces in Euclidean 3-space. Even that the result is a consequence of some classical results involving the Gauss map (of the surface), we give another approach to classify all surfaces for which the unit normal makes a constant angle with a fixed direction.

The paper introduces surfaces with constant solid angle for designing shell structures.

We study invariant submanifolds of manifolds endowed with a normal or complex metric contact pair with decomposable endomorphism field $φ$. For the normal case, we prove that a $φ$-invariant submanifold tangent to a Reeb vector field and orthogonal to the other one is minimal. For a $φ$-invariant submanifold $N$ everyw…

In this paper we classify constant angle surfaces in $\H^2\times\R$, where $\H^2$ is the hyperbolic plane.