The inverse mean curvature flow perpendicular to the sphere (Q261421)

Let \(\mathbb{D}\) be the closed \(n\)-dimensional unit disk and \(\tilde{N}\) be the outward unit normal of the inclusion \(\mathbb{S}^n\hookrightarrow\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\). Let \(X:[0, T^*) \times \mathbb{D}\hookrightarrow\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\) be a family of immersions with a suitably chosen unit normal vector field \(N\) and corresponding mean curvature \(H\), such that \[ \begin{cases} \dot{X}=H^{-1}N,\\ X(\partial\mathbb{D}) =\partial X(\mathbb{D})\subset\mathbb{S}^n,\\ \langle N|_{\partial\mathbb{D}},\tilde{N}(X|_{\partial\mathbb{D}})\rangle=0,\\ \langle\dot{\gamma}(0),\tilde{N}\rangle\geq 0, \end{cases}\tag{\(*\)} \] for any \(\gamma\in C^{1}((-\varepsilon,0], X(t,\mathbb{D})),X(t,\mathbb{D}))\) where \(\gamma(0)\in\partial X(t,\mathbb{D}).\) In the paper under review the authors prove the following result: Theorem. Let \(X_0:\mathbb{D}\hookrightarrow M_0\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\) be the embedding of a smooth and strictly convex hypersurface with normal vector field \(N_0\), such that \[ \begin{aligned} &X_0(\partial\mathbb{D})\subset\mathbb{S}^n,\\ &\langle\dot{\gamma}(0),\tilde{N}\rangle\geq0, \forall \gamma\in C^{1}((-\varepsilon,0],M_0):\gamma(0)\in\partial X_0(\mathbb{D}),\\ &\langle N_0|_{\partial{D}},\tilde{N}|_{\partial{D}}\rangle=0.\end{aligned} \] Then there exists a finite time \(T^*<\infty\), \(\alpha> 0\) and a unique solution \[ X\in C^{1+\tfrac{\alpha}{2},2+\alpha}([0,T^*)\times \mathbb{D})\cap C^{\infty}((0,T^*) \times\mathbb{D},\mathbb{R}^{n+1}) \] of \((*)\) with initial hypersurface \(M_0\), such that the embeddings \(X_t\) converge to the embedding of a flat unit disk as \(t\to T^*\), in the sense that the height of the \(M_t = X(t,\mathbb{D})\) over this disk converges to \(0\).