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Uniqueness of closed self-similar solutions to $\sigma_k^{\alpha}$-curvature flow

Differential Geometry 2017-01-25 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

By adapting the test functions introduced by Choi-Daskaspoulos \cite{c-d} and Brendle-Choi-Daskaspoulos \cite{b-c-d} and exploring properties of the kk-th elementary symmetric functions σk\sigma_{k} intensively, we show that for any fixed kk with 1kn11\leq k\leq n-1, any strictly convex closed hypersurface in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} satisfying σkα=X,ν\sigma_{k}^{\alpha}=\langle X,\nu \rangle, with α1k\alpha\geq \frac{1}{k}, must be a round sphere. In fact, we prove a uniqueness result for any strictly convex closed hypersurface in Rn+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1} satisfying F+C=X,νF+C=\langle X,\nu \rangle, where FF is a positive homogeneous smooth symmetric function of the principal curvatures and CC is a constant.

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@article{arxiv.1701.02642,
  title  = {Uniqueness of closed self-similar solutions to $\sigma_k^{\alpha}$-curvature flow},
  author = {Shanze Gao and Haizhong Li and Hui Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.02642},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

23 pages, v2: results improved, references added