Closure and convexity results for closed relativistic strings

DOI10.1007/S11785-010-0060-YzbMATH Open1203.53063arXiv1001.4410OpenAlexW2051394014MaRDI QIDQ601078FDOQ601078

Authors: Giovanni Bellettini, Jens Hoppe, Giandomenico Orlandi, M. Novaga 

Publication date: 3 November 2010

Published in: Complex Analysis and Operator Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study various properties of closed relativistic strings. In particular, we characterize their closure under uniform convergence, extending a previous result by Y. Brenier on graph-like unbounded strings, and we discuss some related examples. Then we study the collapsing profile of convex planar strings which start with zero initial velocity, and we obtain a result analogous to the well-known theorem of Gage and Hamilton for the curvature flow of plane curves. We conclude the paper with the discussion of an example of weak Lipschitz evolution starting from the square in the plane, which exhibits some unexpected features.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4410

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zbMATH Keywords

Minkowski spacegeometric evolutionsLorentzian minimal surfacesstring-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) Special relativity (83A05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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