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A singular solution of the capillary equation

I. Existence

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, Calif., USA

    Paul Concus

  2. Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, Calif., USA

    Robert Finn

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Part of the work reported in this and in the following paper was completed while the former author was visiting at Università di Genova and while the latter author was at the Scuola Normale Superiore, at Università di Genova, and at Universität Bonn. The work was supported in part by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and in part by AF contract F44620-71-C-0031 and NSF grant GP 16115 at Stanford University.

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Concus, P., Finn, R. A singular solution of the capillary equation. Invent Math 29, 143–148 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01390191

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