Jellyfish exist
Differential Geometry
2026-01-30 v1 Analysis of PDEs
Abstract
We show the existence of infinitely many geometrically distinct homothetic expanders (jellyfish) for the elastic flow, epicyclic shrinkers for the curve diffusion flow, and epicyclic expanders for the ideal flow.
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@article{arxiv.2601.21227,
title = {Jellyfish exist},
author = {Ben Andrews and Glen Wheeler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.21227},
year = {2026}
}
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44 pages, 5 figures