On an elastic flow for parametrized curves in R^n suitable for numerical purposes

DOI10.1007/S10231-023-01329-8MaRDI QIDQ6046914zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paola Pozzi

Publication date 6 September 2023

Published in Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.04178

zbMATH Keywords

elastic curvesfourth-order evolution equationslong-time existence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-order geometric flows (53E40) Numerical approximation and computational geometry (primarily algorithms) (65D99)

Abstract: In arXiv:2205.02920 a variant of the classical elastic flow for closed curves in $mathbb{R}^n$ was introduced, that is more suitable for numerical purposes. Here we investigate the long-time properties of such evolution demonstrating that the flow exists globally in time.

Review text

On the space of closed, regular, smooth curves in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) consider an energy functional consisting of the sum of the total squared curvature functional (bending energy) and a penalization term proportional to the Dirichlet energy. The author proves that short-time existence of solutions for the negative gradient flow of this energy implies global existence. The motivation for considering this flow comes from the fact that it has good numerical properties. The paper is clear and well written.

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