An old problem resurfaces nonlocally: Gamow’s liquid drops inspire today’s research and applications. (English) Zbl 1376.49059
Summary: G. Gamow’s [“Mass defect curve and nuclear constitution”, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 126, No. 803, 632–644 (1930)] simple liquid drop model of an atomic nucleus recently captured the attention of mathematicians and has inspired numerous advances and open questions in geometric and variational analysis.
MSC:
| 49Q20 | Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting |
| 35Q60 | PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory |
| 49J40 | Variational inequalities |
| 49S05 | Variational principles of physics |
| 82D40 | Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials |
