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We study the stability of capillary surfaces for anisotropic energies having boundaries supported in horizontal planes. A wetting energy term for the surface to plane interface is included.
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The first author is partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) No. 16540195 of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
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Koiso, M., Palmer, B. Anisotropic capillary surfaces with wetting energy. Calc. Var. 29, 295–345 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-006-0066-5
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