Deforming convex hypersurfaces by the \(n\)th root of the Gaussian curvature (Q1074120)

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Deforming convex hypersurfaces by the \(n\)th root of the Gaussian curvature
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    Deforming convex hypersurfaces by the \(n\)th root of the Gaussian curvature (English)
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    The following theorem is proved: If the map \(F_ 0: S^ n\to M_ 0\subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}\) represents a strictly convex smooth hypersurface in \({\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}\), \(n\geq 2\), then the initial value problem \[ \partial F(x,t)/\partial t=-K(x,t)^{\beta}\cdot \nu (x,t),\quad F(x,0)=F_ 0(x),\quad x\in S^ n, \] has a unique solution on a maximum finite time interval [0,T) such that the \(M_ t's\) converge to a point as \(t\to T\). Here K denotes the Gaussian curvature and \(\nu\) the outward normal of M; \(\beta\) is a positive constant. Moreover, if \(\tilde M_ t\) is \(M_ t\) rescaled by a homothetic expansion so that \(Vol(\tilde M_ t)=Vol(M_ 0)\), then as \(t\to T\) the \(\tilde M_ t's\) converge to a smooth hypersurface \(\tilde M_ T\) in the \(C^{\infty}\)- topology. In the case \(\beta =1/n\), \(\tilde M_ T\) is a round sphere. - This extends earlier work of \textit{M. Gage} and \textit{R. S. Hamilton} [J. Differ. Geom. 23, 69-96 (1986)] for \(n=2\), \(\beta =1\) and of \textit{Tso} [Commun. Pure Appl. Math. (to appear)] for \(\beta =1\). A similar result for the mean curvature instead of \(K^{\beta}\) is due to \textit{G. Huisken} [J. Differ. Geom. 20, 237-266 (1984; Zbl 0556.53001)].
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    convex hypersurface
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    evolution equation
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    round sphere
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    Gaussian curvature
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