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Normal curvature bounds along the mean curvature flow

Differential Geometry 2011-04-29 v3 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Let (Mn,g0)(M^n,g_0) and (Mˉn+1,gˉ)(\bar{M}^{n+1},\bar{g}) be complete Riemannian manifolds with ˉkRmˉCˉ|\bar{\nabla}^k\bar{Rm}|\le \bar{C} for k2k \le 2, and suppose there is an isometric immersion F0:MnMˉn+1F_0: M^n \rightarrow \bar{M}^{n+1} with bounded second fundamental form. Let Ft:MnMˉn+1F_t: M^n \rightarrow \bar{M}^{n+1} (t[0,T]t\in [0,T]) be a family of immersions evolving by mean curvature flow with initial data F0F_0 and with uniformly bounded second fundamental forms. We show that the supremum and infimum of the normal curvature of the immersions FtF_t vary at a bounded rate. This is an analogue of a result of Rong and Kapovitch on Ricci flow.

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@article{arxiv.0906.2889,
  title  = {Normal curvature bounds along the mean curvature flow},
  author = {Hong Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.2889},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

4 pages, some corrections