The shape of a figure-eight under the curve shortening flow

DOI10.1007/BF01393973zbMath0669.53003WikidataQ57535362 ScholiaQ57535362MaRDI QIDQ1118821

Matthew A. Grayson

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/143675

zbMATH Keywords

curve shortening flow; isoperimetric ratio; figure-eight curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53A04: Curves in Euclidean and related spaces

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