Classification of convex ancient solutions to curve shortening flow on the sphere

DOI10.1007/S12220-015-9574-XzbMATH Open1338.53093arXiv1408.5523OpenAlexW2068072598MaRDI QIDQ282789FDOQ282789

Authors: Paul Bryan, Janelle Louie 

Publication date: 12 May 2016

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the only closed, embedded ancient solutions to the curve shortening flow on $mathbb{S}^2$ are equators or shrinking circles, starting at an equator at time $t=-infty$ and collapsing to the north pole at time $t=0$. To obtain the result, we first prove a Harnack inequality for the curve shortening flow on the sphere. Then an application of the Gauss-Bonnet, easily allows us to obtain curvature bounds for ancient solutions leading to backwards smooth convergence to an equator. To complete the proof, we use an Aleksandrov reflection argument to show that maximal symmetry is preserved under the flow.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.5523

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zbMATH Keywords

ancient solutionsHarnack inequalityAleksandrov reflectioncurve shortening flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) Heat and other parabolic equation methods for PDEs on manifolds (58J35)

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