A short note on the evolution of a surface by its mean curvature

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-89-05825-0zbMath0677.53059MaRDI QIDQ1123419

Matthew A. Grayson

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

mean curvature flowshrinking area

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global submanifolds (53C40) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05)

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