The round sphere minimizes entropy among closed self-shrinkers

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DOI10.4310/JDG/1375124609zbMATH Open1278.53069arXiv1205.2043OpenAlexW2964191374WikidataQ115169186 ScholiaQ115169186MaRDI QIDQ366948FDOQ366948


Authors: Tobias Holck Colding, Tom Ilmanen, William P. II Minicozzi, Brian White Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 25 September 2013

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The entropy of a hypersurface is a geometric invariant that measures complexity and is invariant under rigid motions and dilations. It is given by the supremum over all Gaussian integrals with varying centers and scales. It is monotone under mean curvature flow, thus giving a Lyapunov functional. Therefore, the entropy of the initial hypersurface bounds the entropy at all future singularities. We show here that not only does the round sphere have the lowest entropy of any closed singularity, but there is a gap to the second lowest.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2043




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