On the heat flow of equation of surfaces of constant mean curvatures (Q617844): Difference between revisions

Let \(\Omega\subset{\mathbb R}^2\) be a smooth bounded domain. Fix \(H_0\in {\mathbb R}\setminus \{0\}\). The authors study the equation \[ \begin{aligned} &u_t = \Delta u - 2H_0\,u_x\wedge u_y\,, \text{\;in\;} \Omega\times(0,\infty)\,, \\ &u |_{t=0} = u_0\,, \text{\;in\;} \Omega\,, \\ &u |_{\partial \Omega} = 0 \,, \text{\;for\;} t>0\,, \end{aligned} \] where \(u_0 \in H^1( \Omega,{\mathbb R}^3)\). The existence of short term solutions is known. The authors show that, if \(u_0 \neq 0\) and if either \[ \tfrac12 \;\int_\Omega |\nabla u_0|^2 + \tfrac23\;\int_\Omega H_0\,u_0\cdot u_{0x}\wedge u_{0y} \leq 0 \] holds or \[ 0<\tfrac12 \;\int_\Omega |\nabla u_0|^2 + \tfrac23\;\int_\Omega H_0\,u_0\cdot u_{0x}\wedge u_{0y} < \frac{4\pi}{3 H_0^2} \] and \[ \frac{4\pi}{|H_0|^3} < \left|\int_\Omega u_0\cdot u_{0x}\wedge u_{0y}\right| \] both hold, then the short term solution blows up in finite time. On the other hand, they also show that if \(u_0 \neq 0\) and if \[ 0<\tfrac12 \;\int_\Omega |\nabla u_0|^2 + \tfrac23\;\int_\Omega H_0\,u_0\cdot u_{0x}\wedge u_{0y} < \frac{4\pi}{3 H_o^2} \] and \[ \left|\int_\Omega u_0\cdot u_{0x}\wedge u_{0y}\right| < \frac{4\pi}{|H_0|^3} \] both hold, then there exists a unique global regular solution \(u\) which decays exponentially as \(t\rightarrow \infty\).