The curve shortening problem associated to a density

DOI10.1007/S00526-016-0995-6MaRDI QIDQ2628983zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vicente Miquel, Francisco Viñado-Lereu

Publication date 19 July 2016

Published in Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02429

zbMATH Keywords

densitymean curvature flowminimal curve

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Abstract: In $mathbb{R}^n$ with a density $e^{p}si$, we study the mean curvature flow associated to the density ($psi$-mean curvature flow or $psi$MCF) of a hypersurface. The main results concern with the description of the evolution under $psi$MCF of a closed embedded curve in the plane with a radial density, and with a statement of subconvergence to a $psi$-minimal closed curve in a surface under some general circumstances.

Review text

The authors study the mean curvature flow of a hypersurface \(M\) immersed into a Riemannian manifold equipped with a density. The mean curvature in this context is the gradient of the \(n\)-volume with respect to this density. Particular emphasis is put on the Euclidean plane equipped with a density of the form \(\psi(| x |)\) (a ``radial density). Under some assumptions, the authors are able to give a fairly precise description of the limiting behaviour of curves under the mean curvature flow. The intersection points of \(\psi'\) and \(-1/r\) play a crucial role in their discussion. A second relevant result pertains to the subconvergence to a closed minimal curve under some general assumptions in orientable 2-manifolds. Two special densities are studied in more detail in an appendix.

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