The relative isoperimetric inequality for minimal submanifolds with free boundary in the Euclidean space

Abstract

In this paper, we mainly consider the relative isoperimetric inequalities for minimal submanifolds with free boundary. We first generalize ideas of restricted normal cones introduced by Choe-Ghomi-Ritoré in CGR06 and obtain an optimal area estimate for generalized restricted normal cones. This area estimate, together with the ABP method of Cabré in Cabre2008, provides a new proof of the relative isoperimetric inequality obtained by Choe-Ghomi-Ritoré in CGR07. Furthermore, we use this estimate and the idea of Brendle in his recent work Brendle2019 to obtain a relative isoperimetric inequality for minimal submanifolds with free boundary on a convex support surface in $\mathbb{R}^{n+m}$, which is optimal and gives an affirmative answer to an open problem proposed by Choe in Choe2005, Open Problem 12.6, when the codimension $m\leq 2$.