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Dynamical instability of minimal surfaces at flat singular points

Analysis of PDEs 2025-06-17 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Suppose that a countably nn-rectifiable set Γ0\Gamma_0 is the support of a multiplicity-one stationary varifold in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} with a point admitting a flat tangent plane TT of density Q2Q \geq 2. We prove that, under a suitable assumption on the decay rate of the blow-ups of Γ0\Gamma_0 towards TT, there exists a non-constant Brakke flow starting with Γ0\Gamma_0. This shows non-uniqueness of Brakke flow under these conditions, and suggests that the stability of a stationary varifold with respect to mean curvature flow may be used to exclude the presence of flat singularities.

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@article{arxiv.2008.13728,
  title  = {Dynamical instability of minimal surfaces at flat singular points},
  author = {Salvatore Stuvard and Yoshihiro Tonegawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.13728},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

31 pages, 3 figures. In v2 we discuss more extensively the range of applicability of our result in the context of the state of the art on the analysis of branched minimal surfaces. This is the final version, to appear on the Journal of Differential Geometry

R2 v1 2026-06-23T18:13:01.594Z