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We prove a sharp estimate for the inscribed radius under certain fully nonlinear curvature flows. This estimate is asymptotically sharp on cylinders.

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On $(M,g)$ a compact riemannian $4-$manifold we consider the prescribed $Q-$curvature equation defined on $M$ with finite singular sources. We first prove a classification theorem for singular Liouville equations defined on $\mathbb R^4$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Mohameden Ahmedou , Lina Wu , Lei Zhang

We consider an invariant gradient flow for the invariant length functional for co-compact curves in inversive geometry, and prove that solutions exist for all time and converge to loxodromic curves, provided the initial curve is admissible…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Ben Andrews , Glen Wheeler

In this paper we determine the quadratic points on the modular curves X_0(N), where the curve is non-hyperelliptic, the genus is 3, 4 or 5, and the Mordell--Weil group of J_0(N) is finite. The values of N are 34, 38, 42, 44, 45, 51, 52, 54,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-08-16 Ekin Ozman , Samir Siksek

We consider the local solution to the Calabi flow for C^\alpha initial metric. We also prove that the Calabi flow on compact Kaehler surfaces can be extended once the metrics along the flow are bounded in L^\infty sense. This can be viewed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-04-19 Weiyong He

We study a class of quadratic, infinite-dimensional dynamical systems, inspired by models for viscoelastic fluids. We prove that these equations define a semi-flow on the cone of positive, essentially bounded functions. As time tends to…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-10-15 Guy Katriel , Raz Kupferman , Edriss S. Titi

We consider a flow by powers of Gauss curvature under the obstruction that the flow cannot penetrate a prescribed region, so called an obstacle. For all dimensions and positive powers, we prove the optimal curvature bounds of solutions and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-05 Ki-Ahm Lee , Taehun Lee

We show short-time existence for curves driven by curve diffusion flow with a prescribed contact angle $\alpha \in (0, \pi)$: The evolving curve has free boundary points, which are supported on a line and it satisfies a no-flux condition.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-03 Helmut Abels , Julia Butz

We consider the evolution of fronts by mean curvature in the presence of obstacles. We construct a weak solution to the flow by means of a variational method, corresponding to an implicit time-discretization scheme. Assuming the regularity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Luís Almeida , Antonin Chambolle , Matteo Novaga

In this paper, we study the non-existence of positive solutions for the following conformal $Q$-curvature equation \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^\sigma u = K(x) u^{\frac{n+2\sigma}{n-2\sigma}} \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^n, \end{equation*}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Meiqing Xu , Hui Yang

In this paper we introduce the branched $\alpha$-flows on closed surfaces with Euler characteristic \(\chi \leq 0\). Based on the strict convexity of the branched $\alpha$-potentials, we establish the long time existence and convergence of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Wenjun Li , Rongyuan Liu , Guohao Chen , Aijin Lin

In this paper we first show that, under certain conditions, the solution of a single quadratic diophantine equation in four variables $Q(x_1,\,x_2,\,x_3,\,x_4)=0$ can be expressed in terms of bilinear forms in four parameters. We use this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-09-22 Ajai Choudhry

In this note, we first prove that the solution of mean curvature flow on a finite time interval $[0,T)$ can be extended over time $T$ if the space-time integration of the norm of the second fundamental form is finite. Secondly, we prove…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-05-11 Hong-Wei Xu , Fei Ye , En-Tao Zhao

Some of the most worrisome potential singularity models for the mean curvature flow of $3$-dimensional hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$ are noncollapsed wing-like flows, i.e. noncollapsed flows that are asymptotic to a wedge. In this paper,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-04 Kyeongsu Choi , Robert Haslhofer , Or Hershkovits

In this work, we obtain a existence criteria for the longtime K\"ahler Ricci flow solution. Using the existence result, we generalize a result by Wu-Yau on the existence of K\"ahler Einstein metric to the case with possibly unbounded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-01 Shaochuang Huang , Man-Chun Lee , Luen-Fai Tam , Freid Tong

We study a geometric flow on curves, immersed in $\mathbb{R}^3$, that have strictly positive torsion. The evolution equation is given by $$X_{t}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\tau}} \textbf{B}$$ where $\tau$ is the torsion and $\textbf{B}$ is the unit…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Matei P. Coiculescu

In this work we study the problem of positiveness of topological entropy for flows using pointwise dynamics. We show that the existence of a non-periodic nonwandering point of an expansive and non-singular flow with shadowing is a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-07-05 Elias Rego , Alexander Arbieto

We consider the inverse curvature flows in the anti-de Sitter-Schwarzschild manifold with star-shaped initial hypersurface, driven by the 1-homogeneous curvature function. We show that the solutions exist for all time and the principle…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-23 Li Chen , Jing Mao

We establish existence and uniqueness results for the modified binormal curvature flow equation that generalizes the binormal curvature flow equation for a curve in $\R^3.$ In this generalization, the velocity of the curve is still directed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-26 Haidar Mohamad

In the present paper, we obtain some gradient estimates for positive solutions to the following nonlinear parabolic equation under general geometric flow on complete noncompact manifolds.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-15 Gh. Fasihi Ramandi , S. Azami