Stability for a second type partitioning problem

Abstract

In this paper, we study stability and instability problem for type-II partitioning problem. First, we make a complete classification of stable type-II stationary hypersurfaces in a ball in a space form as totally geodesic $n$-balls. Second, for general ambient spaces and convex domains, we give some topological restriction for type-II stable stationary immersed surfaces in two dimension. Third, we give a lower bound for the Morse index for type-II stationary hypersurfaces in terms of their topology.

Final version, J. Geom. Anal., to appear