Convergence of axially symmetric volume-preserving mean curvature flow (Q1759640)

This paper describes the convergence of axially symmetric hypersurfaces in the (\(n+1\))-dimensional Euclidean space evolving by volume-preserving mean curvature flow. Under the assumption that the initial hypersurface is smooth, axially symmetric, with nonempty boundary contained in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, also assuming to meet that plane at right angles along the boundary, when the hypersurfaces do not develop singularities along the axis of rotation at any time during the flow, then the flow converges to a half-sphere. Moreover, the methods used in the first part of the paper allow to prove that in the case the initial hypersurface is compact without boundary then the flow converges to a sphere. Methods are principally based on estimates of the height function, on estimates of the curvature and on the use of a maximum principle.