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Let $L_t$ be a zero Maslov Lagrangian mean curvature flow in $\mathbb{C}^2.$ We show that if the mean curvature stays uniformly bounded along the flow, then the tangent flow at a singular point is unique i.e. the limit of the parabolic…

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In this paper we study the problem, posed by Troyanov, of prescribing the Gaussian curvature under a conformal change of the metric on surfaces with conical singularities. Such geometrical problem can be reduced to the solvability of a…

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We consider an evolution problem associated to the Kazdan-Warner equation on a closed Riemann surface $(\Sigma,g)$ \begin{align*} -\Delta_{g}u=8\pi\left(\frac{he^{u}}{\int_{\Sigma}he^{u}{\rm d}\mu_{g}}-\frac{1}{\int_{\Sigma}{\rm…

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In this paper, we investigate the deformation of generalized circle packings on ideally triangulated surfaces with boundary, which is the $(-1,-1,-1)$ type generalized circle packing metric introduced by Guo-Luo \cite{GL2}. To find…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-10 Xu Xu , Chao Zheng

We introduce Lagrangian mean curvature flow with boundary in Calabi--Yau manifolds by defining a natural mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary condition, and prove that under this flow, the Lagrangian condition is preserved. We also study in…

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We consider mean curvature flow of an initial surface that is the graph of a function over some domain of definition in $R^n$. If the graph is not complete then we impose a constant Dirichlet boundary condition at the boundary of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-19 Wolfgang Maurer

To study the problem of the assigned Gauss curvature with conical singularities on Riemanian manifolds, we consider the Liouville equation with a single Dirac measure on the two-dimensional sphere. By a stereographic projection, we reduce…

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In this paper we consider the prescribed mean curvature flow of a non-compact space-like Cauchy hypersurface of bounded geometry in a generalized Robertson-Walker space-time. We prove that the flow preserves the space-likeness condition and…

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In this paper we study a contracting flow of closed, convex hypersurfaces in the Euclidean space $\mathbb R^{n+1}$ with speed $f r^{\alpha} K$, where $K$ is the Gauss curvature, $r$ is the distance from the hypersurface to the origin, and…

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We show that under suitable non-degeneracy conditions, complete gradient flow lines of the scalar curvature functional of a riemannian manifold perturb into eternal forced mean curvature flows with large forcing term.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-05-08 Graham Smith

Motivated by Luo's combinatorial Yamabe flow on closed surfaces \cite{L1} and Guo's combinatorial Yamabe flow on surfaces with boundary \cite{Guo}, we introduce combinatorial Calabi flow on ideally triangulated surfaces with boundary,…

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