On the saddle point property of Abresch-Langer curves under the curve shortening flow

DOI10.4310/CAG.2010.V18.N1.A1MaRDI QIDQ614506zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas Kwok-Keung Au

Publication date 3 January 2011

Published in Communications in Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0102088

zbMATH Keywords

curve shorteninghomothetic solutionsplane curvesself-similar solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

Abstract: In the study of the curve shortening flow on general closed curves, Abresch and Langer posed a conjecture that the homothetic curves can be regarded as saddle points between multi-folded circles and some singular curves. In other words, these homothetic curves are the watershed between curves with a nonsingular future and those with singular future along the flow. In this article, we provide an affirmitive proof to this conjecture.

Review text

The curve shortening flow in the plane drives embedded closed curves to convex curves and finally they become asymptotically circular. If the starting curve has double points, singularities may occur. \textit{U. Abresch} and \textit{J. Langer} [J. Differ. Geom. 23, 175--196 (1986; Zbl 0592.53002)] conjectured that so-called homothetic or self-similar solutions on one side tend to multifold circles and on the other side to curves with cusps. This conjecture is proved here.

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