Evolution of contractions by mean curvature flow

DOI10.1007/S00208-014-1090-YMaRDI QIDQ2339320zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Andreas Savas-Halilaj, Knut Smoczyk

Publication date 31 March 2015

Published in Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.0783

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Isotopy in differential topology (57R52)

Abstract: We investigate length decreasing maps $f:MoN$ between Riemannian manifolds $M$, $N$ of dimensions $mge2$ and $n$, respectively. Assuming that $M$ is compact and $N$ is complete such that ${\displaystyle }$sec_M>-sigmaquad ext{and}quad{Ric}_Mge(m-1)sigmage(m-1)sec_Nge-mu,${\displaystyle }$ where $sigma$, $mu$ are positive constants, we show that the mean curvature flow provides a smooth homotopy of $f$ into a constant map.

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• Mean curvature flow of area decreasing maps between Riemann surfaces
• Evolution of area-decreasing maps between two-dimensional Euclidean spaces
• Graphical mean curvature flow
• Self-expanders of the mean curvature flow
• Rigidity of the Hopf fibration
• Graphical mean curvature flow with bounded bi-Ricci curvature
• Vanishing theorems for harmonic mappings into non-negatively curved manifolds and their applications
• Homotopy of area decreasing maps by mean curvature flow
• Gauss maps of harmonic and minimal great circle fibrations
• Curvature decay estimates of graphical mean curvature flow in higher codimensions
• Mean curvature flows and isotopy of maps between spheres
• Mean curvature flow of contractions between Euclidean spaces
• Stability of self-similar solutions to geometric flows
• Codimension two mean curvature flow of entire graphs

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