Curve shortening on surfaces

DOI10.24033/asens.1603zbMath0713.53022MaRDI QIDQ3198470

Michael E. Gage

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Annales scientifiques de l'École normale supérieure (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1990_4_23_2_229_0

zbMATH Keywords

curve shortening flow; 2-dimensional surface; Embedded curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

53A04: Curves in Euclidean and related spaces

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