Allard-Type Regularity for Varifolds with Prescribed Contact Angles

Gaoming Wang (BIMSA, Beijing)

Nov 14. 2025, 09:40 — 10:20

In this talk, we discuss a boundary regularity result of \emph{Allard type} for varifolds meeting a domain boundary at a prescribed contact angle. 

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ be a bounded $C^2$ domain, and let $V$ be an integral $n$-rectifiable varifold in $\Omega$ with bounded first variation and generalized mean curvature in $L^\infty$. 

Suppose that a $C^1$ contact angle function $\theta : \partial \Omega \to (0,\pi)$ is prescribed, and that $V$ satisfies this boundary angle condition along $\partial \Omega$. 

Assuming further that the tangent cone of $V$ at a boundary point $X \in \partial \Omega$ is a half-hyperplane of density one, we establish a boundary regularity theorem: 

in a neighborhood of $X$, the support of $V$ is a $C^{1,\gamma}$ hypersurface with boundary for some $\gamma \in (0,1)$. 

 

This extends the classical interior regularity theorem of Allard to situations with nontrivial boundary contact conditions and provides a geometric framework for studying variational problems with prescribed contact angles.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Recordings:
Recording
Associated Event:
Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Serena Dipierro (UWA, Perth)
Julian Fischer (ISTA, Klosterneuburg)
Matteo Novaga (U Pisa)
Elisabetta Rocca (U of Pavia)
Xavier Ros-Oton (U of Barcelona)
Ulisse Stefanelli (U of Vienna)
Enrico Valdinoci (UWA, Perth)