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The curve shortening flow with parallel 1-form

Differential Geometry 2012-12-27 v2

Abstract

Let MM be a closed Riemannian manifold with a parallel 1-form Ω\Omega. We prove two theorems about the curve shortening flow in MM. One is that the {\csf} \ct\ct in MM exists for all tt in [0,)[0, \infty), if it satisfies Ω(T)0\Omega(T)\geq 0 on the initial curve \co\co. Here TT is the unit tangent vector on \co\co. The other one is about the convergence. It says that in a closed {\Rm} M~\tilde{M}, assume the curve shortening flow \ct\ct exists for all t[0,)t\in[0,\infty) and its length converges to a positive limit, then limtmax\ctmA2=0 \lim\limits_{t\rightarrow\infty}max_{\ct}|\nabla^{m}A|^{2}=0 for all m=0,1,...m=0,1,.... Here AA denotes the second fundamental form of \ct\ct in M~\tilde{M}.

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@article{arxiv.1212.5515,
  title  = {The curve shortening flow with parallel 1-form},
  author = {Hengyu Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5515},
  year   = {2012}
}

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