Non-uniqueness of closed embedded non-smooth hypersurfaces with constant anisotropic mean curvature

An anisotropic surface energy is the integral of an energy density that depends on the normal at each point over the considered surface, and it is a generalization of surface area. The minimizer of such an energy among all closed surfaces enclosing the same volume is unique and it is (up to rescaling) so-called the Wulff shape. We prove that, unlike the isotropic case, there exists an anisotropic energy density function such that there exist closed embedded equilibrium surfaces with genus zero in the three-dimensional Euclidean space each of which is not (any homothety and translation of) the Wulff shape. We also give nontrivial self-similar shrinking solutions of anisotropic mean curvature flow. These results are generalized to hypersurfaces in the (n+1)-dimensional Euclidean space.

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