Mean curvature flow with Dirichlet boundary conditions in Riemannian manifolds with symmet\-ries (Q1811007)

Let \(M_{0}\) be a surface of a Riemannian manifold \(N\) whose Ricci curvature is bounded from below. If \(M_{0}\) is transversal to a conformal vector field on \(N\) then conditions are given such that the mean curvature evolution of \(M_{0}\) with Dirichlet boundary conditions has a solution for all times. Examples where this result applies are also presented.