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Stability of regular shrinkers in the network flow

Differential Geometry 2021-07-12 v1

Abstract

The singularities of network flow are modeled by self-similarly shrinking solutions called regular shrinkers. In this paper, we study the stability of regular shrinkers. We show that all regular shrinkers with two or more enclosed regions can be perturbed away. Among the regular shrinkers with one enclosed region, 4-ray star, 5-ray star, fish, and rocket are unstable.

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@article{arxiv.2107.04338,
  title  = {Stability of regular shrinkers in the network flow},
  author = {Jui-En Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.04338},
  year   = {2021}
}

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25 pages, 4 figures

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