arXiv · 2605.01070
Stability of p-area minimizing surfaces in the Heisenberg group
Abstract
We study the stability of minimizers of weighted $p$-area functionals associated with prescribed $p$-mean curvature surfaces in the Heisenberg group. While existence and uniqueness results are well established, quantitative stability with respect to perturbations of the mean curvature $H$ remains largely unexplored in the nonzero-$H$ regime. Using a Rockafellar--Fenchel duality framework, we identify a unique underlying vector field associated with each minimizer and prove its stability under perturbations of $H$. This yields quantitative control of the direction field of the horizontal gradient. Building on this structure, we establish $L^1$ stability of admissible minimizers under natural geometric assumptions on level sets. In dimensions two and three, we also derive $W^{1,1}$ stability estimates under additional regularity and structural hypotheses, with explicit rates in terms of $\|H-\tilde H\|_{L^\infty}$. Our results provide the first quantitative stability theory for $p$-area minimizing graphs with prescribed nonzero $p$-mean curvature, even in the unweighted case. Numerical simulations are included to illustrate the robustness of the theoretical results.
Explore related subjects
Keep this discovery
Explore connections, maps & timelines
Amir Moradifam, Gerardo Orozco-Fernandez. 2026-05-01. Stability of p-area minimizing surfaces in the Heisenberg group. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01070
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.