Mean curvature flow of spacelike graphs

DOI10.1007/S00209-010-0768-4zbMATH Open1231.53057arXiv0804.0783OpenAlexW3106324243WikidataQ125994528 ScholiaQ125994528MaRDI QIDQ658343FDOQ658343

Authors: Isabel Salavessa, Guanghan Li 

Publication date: 12 January 2012

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove the mean curvature flow of a spacelike graph in $(Sigm{a}_{1}imesSigm{a}_2,g_1-g_2)$ of a map $f:Sigm{a}_{1}oSigm{a}_2$ from a closed Riemannian manifold $(Sigm{a}_1,g_1)$ with $Ricc{i}_1>0$ to a complete Riemannian manifold $(Sigm{a}_2,g_2)$ with bounded curvature tensor and derivatives, and with sectional curvatures satisfying $K_{2}leq{K}_1$, remains a spacelike graph, exists for all time, and converges to a slice at infinity. We also show, with no need of the assumption $K_{2}leq{K}_1$, that if $K_1>0$, or if $Ricc{i}_1>0$ and $K_{2}leq-c$, $c>0$ constant, any map $f:Sigm{a}_{1}oSigm{a}_2$ is trivially homotopic provided $f^{\ast }{g}_2<ho{g}_1$ where $ho=mi{n}_{Sigm{a}_1}{K}_1/su{p}_{Sigm{a}_2}{K}_2^{+}geq0$, in case $K_1>0$, and $ho=+infty$ in case $K_{2}leq0$. This largely extends some known results for $K_i$ constant and $Sigm{a}_2$ compact, obtained using the Riemannian structure of $Sigm{a}_{1}imesSigm{a}_2$, and also shows how regularity theory on the mean curvature flow is simpler and more natural in pseudo-Riemannian setting then in the Riemannian one.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0783

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zbMATH Keywords

maximum principlemean curvature flowspace-like submanifoldhomotopic maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) Global submanifolds (53C40) Equations in function spaces; evolution equations (58D25)

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