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The curve shortening flow in the metric-affine plane

Differential Geometry 2020-03-24 v1

Abstract

We investigate for the first time the curve shortening flow in the metric-affine plane and prove that under simple geometric condition it shrinks a closed convex curve to a "round point" in finite time. This generalizes the classical result by M. Gage and R.S. Hamilton about convex curves in Euclidean plane.

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@article{arxiv.2003.10102,
  title  = {The curve shortening flow in the metric-affine plane},
  author = {Vladimir Rovenski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.10102},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages