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Convex ancient solutions of the mean curvature flow

Differential Geometry 2018-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study solutions of the mean curvature flow which are defined for all negative curvature times, usually called ancient solutions. We give various conditions ensuring that a closed convex ancient solution is a shrinking sphere. Examples of such conditions are: a uniform pinching condition on the curvatures, a suitable growth bound on the diameter or a reverse isoperimetric inequality. We also study the behaviour of uniformly k-convex solutions, and consider generalizations to ancient solutions immersed in a sphere.

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@article{arxiv.1405.7509,
  title  = {Convex ancient solutions of the mean curvature flow},
  author = {G. Huisken and C. Sinestrari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.7509},
  year   = {2018}
}