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In this paper, we consider the mean curvature flow of convex hypersurfaces in Euclidean spaces with a general forcing term. We show that the flow may shrink to a point in finite time if the forcing term is small, or exist for all times and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-06-17 Guanghan Li , Isabel Salavessa

In this paper, we study the mean curvature flow of graphs with Neumann boundary condition. The main aim is to use the maximum principle to get the boundary gradient estimate for solutions. In particular, we obtain the corresponding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-22 Jinju Xu

In this paper, we study the prescribed $Q$-curvature problem on closed four-dimensional Riemannian manifolds when the total integral of the $Q$-curvature is a positive integer multiple of the one of the four-dimensional round sphere. This…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Cheikh Birahim Ndiaye , Mohameden Ould Ahmedou

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

In this paper, the general formulation for inextensible flows of curves on oriented surface in $\mathbb{R}^3 $ is investigated. The necessary and sufficient conditions for inextensible curve flow lying an oriented surface are expressed as a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-30 Onder Gokmen Yildiz , Soley Ersoy , Melek Masal

In this paper, we employ a nonlocal $Q$-curvature flow inspired by Gursky-Malchiodi's work \cite{gur_mal} to solve the prescribed $Q$-curvature problem on a class of closed manifolds: For $n \geq 5$, let $(M^n,g_0)$ be a smooth closed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-03 Xuezhang Chen

We show short time existence and uniqueness of $\C^{1,1}$ solutions to the mean curvature flow with obstacles, when the obstacles are of class $\C^{1,1}$. If the initial interface is a periodic graph we show long time existence of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-26 Gwenael Mercier , Matteo Novaga

Motivated by Pan-Yang [PY] and Ma-Cheng [MC], we study a general linear nonlocal curvature flow for convex closed plane curves and discuss the short time existence and asymptotic convergence behavior of the flow. Due to the linear structure…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-02 Yu-Chu Lin , Dong-Ho Tsai

In the last few years, the Yang--Mills gradient flow was shown to be an attractive tool for non-perturbative studies of non-Abelian gauge theories. Here a simple extension of the flow to the quark fields in QCD is considered. As in the case…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2013-06-18 Martin Lüscher

We study a stochastically perturbed mean curvature flow for graphs in $\mathbb{R}^3$ over the two-dimensional unit-cube subject to periodic boundary conditions. In particular, we establish the existence of a weak martingale solution. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-22 Martina Hofmanova , Matthias Roeger , Max von Renesse

We survey some of the state of the art regarding singularities in Lagrangian mean curvature flow. Some open problems are suggested at the end.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-10 André Neves

We give a survey of various existence results for minimal Lagrangian graphs. We also discuss the mean curvature flow for Lagrangian graphs.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-03-05 S. Brendle

We consider a numerical approach for a covariant generalised Navier-Stokes equation on general surfaces and study the influence of varying Gaussian curvature on anomalous vortex-network active turbulence. This regime is characterised by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-03 M. Rank , A. Voigt

The purpose of this paper is to prove that the Hermitian Curvature Flow (HCF) on an Hermitian manifold $(M,g,J)$ preserves many natural curvature positivity conditions. Following Wilking, for an $Ad\,{GL(T^{1,0}M)}$-invariant subset…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-09-03 Yury Ustinovskiy

In $\mathbb{R}^n$ with a density $e^\psi$, we study the mean curvature flow associated to the density ($\psi$-mean curvature flow or $\psi$MCF) of a hypersurface. The main results concern with the description of the evolution under…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-10 Vicente Miquel , Francisco Viñado-Lereu

This survey reviews some facts about nonnegativity conditions on the curvature tensor of a Riemannian manifold which are preserved by the action of the Ricci flow. The text focuses on two main points. First we describe the known examples of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-21 Thomas Richard

In this paper, we investigate the general formulation for inextensible flows of curves in En. The necessary and sufficient conditions for inextensible curve flow are expressed as a partial differential equation involving the curvatures.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-30 Önder Gökmen Yıldız , Murat Tosun , Sıddıka Ö. Karakuş

We compute curvature-dependent graviton correlation functions and couplings as well as the full curvature potential $f(R)$ in asymptotically safe quantum gravity coupled to scalars. The setup is based on a systematic vertex expansion about…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-05 Benjamin Bürger , Jan M. Pawlowski , Manuel Reichert , Bernd-Jochen Schaefer

The interplay between quantum fluctuation and spacetime curvature is shown to induce an additional quantum-curvature (QC) term in the energy-momentum tensor of fluid using the generalized framework of the stochastic variational method…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-17 T. Koide , T. Kodama

For given functions $f$ and $j$ on the disc $B$ and its boundary $\partial B=S^1$, we study the existence of conformal metrics $g=e^{2u}g_0$ with prescribed Gauss curvature $K_g=f$ and boundary geodesic curvature $k_g=j$. Using the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-30 Michael Struwe