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We consider the motion by mean curvature of an $n$-dimensional graph over a time-dependent domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, intersecting $\mathbb{R}^n$ at a constant angle. In the general case, we prove local existence for the corresponding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-05-30 Alex Freire

We prove the following unique continuation result: if a solution to the level set equation for mean curvature flow in a mean-convex domain agrees to infinite order at the point where it attains its maximum with the solution for a ball, then…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-04 Nick Strehlke

We consider the evolution of hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ with normal velocity given by a positive power of the mean curvature. The hypersurfaces under consideration are assumed to be strictly mean convex (positive mean curvature),…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-04-02 Wolfgang Maurer

We propose a deep learning strategy to estimate the mean curvature of two-dimensional implicit interfaces in the level-set method. Our approach is based on fitting feed-forward neural networks to synthetic data sets constructed from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-29 Luis Ángel Larios-Cárdenas , Frederic Gibou

We provide a unified framework for a systematic analysis of the existence of solutions to general nonconvex problems, relying on asymptotic and retractive cones for functions and sets. Using this framework we develop new necessary and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Rohan Rele , Angelia Nedich

This paper addresses the approximation of the mean curvature flow of thin structures for which classical phase field methods are not suitable. By thin structures, we mean surfaces that are not domain boundaries, typically higher codimension…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Elie Bretin , Chih-Kang Huang , Simon Masnou

We study a geometric flow where the motion of a set is driven by the mean curvature of its boundary and the normal derivative of its capacity potential. We establish local well-posedness and propose two possible weak formulations that exist…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-12 Hui Yu

In this paper, we propose a new scheme for anisotropic motion by mean curvature in $\R^d$. The scheme consists of a phase-field approximation of the motion, where the nonlinear diffusive terms in the corresponding anisotropic Allen-Cahn…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-05-27 Eric Bonnetier , Elie Bretin , Antonin Chambolle

We introduce in this paper new and very effective numerical methods based on neural networks for the approximation of the mean curvature flow of either oriented or non-orientable surfaces. To learn the correct interface evolution law, our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Elie Bretin , Roland Denis , Simon Masnou , Garry Terii

We develop a global theory for complete hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ whose mean curvature is given as a prescribed function of its Gauss map. This theory extends the usual one of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Antonio Bueno , Jose A. Galvez , Pablo Mira

We consider a general curvature equation $F(\kappa)=G(X,\nu(X))$, where $\kappa$ is the principal curvature of the hypersurface $M$ with position vector $X$. It includes the classical prescribed curvature measures problem and area measures…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-27 Shanwei Ding , Guanghan Li

We prove that the minimizing movements scheme \'a la Almgren-Taylor-Wang converges towards level-set solutions to a nonlinear version of nonlocal curvature flows with time-depending forcing term, in the rather general framework of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-09 Daniele De Gennaro

In [5], S\'aez and Schn\"urer studied the graphical mean curvature flow of complete hypersurfaces defined on subsets of Euclidean space. They obtained long time existence. Moreover, they provided a new interpretation of weak mean curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-21 Ling Xiao

We study the dynamics of a droplet moving on an inclined rough surface in the absence of inertial and viscous stress effects. In this case, the dynamics of the droplet is a purely geometric motion in terms of the wetting domain and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Yuan Gao , Jian-Guo Liu

We propose a data-driven mean-curvature solver for the level-set method. This work is the natural extension to $\mathbb{R}^3$ of our two-dimensional strategy in [DOI: 10.1007/s10915-022-01952-2][1] and the hybrid inference system of [DOI:…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-12 Luis Ángel Larios-Cárdenas , Frédéric Gibou

The level-set method is a popular interface tracking method in two-phase flow simulations. An often-cited reason for using it is that the method naturally handles topological changes in the interface, e.g. merging drops, due to the implicit…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-09-29 Åsmund Ervik , Karl Yngve Lervåg , Svend Tollak Munkejord

Motivated by a conjecture of De Giorgi, we consider the Almgren-Taylor-Wang scheme for mean curvature flow, where the volume penalization is replaced by a term of the form \[ \int_{E\Delta F} f\Big(\frac{ {\rm d}_F }{\tau}\Big)~dx \] for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Giovanni Bellettini , Shokhrukh Yu. Kholmatov

We consider the motion by mean curvature of an $n$-dimensional graph over a time-dependent domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, intersecting $\mathbb{R}^n$ at a constant angle. In the general case, we prove local existence for the corresponding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-12-10 Alexandre Freire

Motion by weighted mean curvature is a geometric evolution law for surfaces and represents steepest descent with respect to anisotropic surface energy. It has been proposed that this motion could be computed numerically by using a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-23 Pedro M. Girão

We study the evolution of hypersurfaces in spacetime initial data sets by their null mean curvature. A theory of weak solutions is developed using the level-set approach. Starting from an arbitrary mean convex, outer untapped hypersurface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-16 Theodora Bourni , Kristen Moore