Remarks on the inverse mean curvature flow (Q5929561)

Let \(F_{t}: M^{n} \rightarrow N^{n+1}\) be a smooth family of immersions into a smooth Riemannian manifold, which evolves by the inverse mean curvature flow \[ {d \over dt} F = \frac{1}{H^{2}} \vec H. \] Here \(\vec H\) is the outward pointing mean curvature vector, and \(H = |\vec H|.\) The author investigates the regularity of the classical solution of the flow when \(n=2\) and \(N\) is asymptotically flat. He proves that there exist constants \(k, l \geq 0\) depending only on \(\max_{F_{0}(M)} |A|^{2}\), \(\max_{F_{0}(M)}H^{2}\), and the ambient geometry such that \[ |A|^{2}H^{2} \leq k + lt^{2} \] for all \(t\) where a smooth solution exists. This implies that a smooth solution exists as long as \(H\) is positive.