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Backwards uniqueness of the mean curvature flow

Differential Geometry 2019-01-10 v4 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this note we prove the backwards uniqueness of the mean curvature flow for (codimension one) hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space. More precisely, let Ft,F~t:MnRn+1F_t, \widetilde{F}_t:M^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n+1} be two complete solutions of the mean curvature flow on Mn×[0,T]M^n \times [0,T] with bounded second fundamental forms. Suppose FT=F~TF_T=\widetilde{F}_T, then Ft=F~tF_t=\widetilde{F}_t on Mn×[0,T]M^n \times [0,T]. This is an analog of a result of Kotschwar on the Ricci flow.

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@article{arxiv.0907.0862,
  title  = {Backwards uniqueness of the mean curvature flow},
  author = {Hong Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.0862},
  year   = {2019}
}

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to appear in Geometriae Dedicata