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We study solutions of high codimension mean curvature flow defined for all negative times, usually referred to as ancient solutions. We show that any compact ancient solution whose second fundamental form satisfies a certain natural…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-29 Stephen Lynch , Huy The Nguyen

We construct a class of compact ancient solutions to the mean curvature flow in Euclidean space with high codimension. In particular, we construct higher codimensional ancient curve shortening flows. Moreover, we characterize the asymptotic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-06 Douglas Stryker , Ao Sun

Motivated by the limiting behavior of an explicit class of compact ancient curve shortening flows, we prove codimension bounds for ancient mean curvature flows by their tangent flow at $-\infty$, generalizing a theorem for cylinders in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-27 Douglas Stryker , Ao Sun

We classify convex ancient curve shortening flows with free boundary on general bounded convex domains.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-16 Theodora Bourni , Nathan Burns , Spencer Catron

In this paper, we derive a number of interesting properties and extensions of the convex flow problem from the perspective of convex geometry. We show that the sets of allowable flows always can be imbued with a downward closure property,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-26 Theo Diamandis , Guillermo Angeris

We study the compact noncollapsed ancient convex solutions to Mean Curvature Flow in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ with $O(1)\times O(n)$ symmetry. We show they all have unique asymptotics as $t\to -\infty$ and we give precise asymptotic description…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-24 Sigurd Angenent , Panagiota Daskalopoulos , Natasa Sesum

We show existence of ancient solutions to the rescaled mean curvature flow starting from a given asymptotically conical self-expander. These are examples of mean curvature flows coming out of cones that are not self-similar. We also show a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-12-22 Letian Chen

Using polar convex bodies and the $C_0$-bounds from Guan and Ni \cite{PL}, we obtain a uniform lower bound on the Gauss curvature of the normalized solution of the Gauss curvature flow without using Chow's Harnack inequality \cite{Ch2}.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-14 Mohammad N. Ivaki

We construct an $I$-family of ancient graphical mean curvature flows over a minimal hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ of finite total curvature with the Morse index $I$ by establishing exponentially fast convergence in terms of $|x|^2-t$.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-03 Kyeongsu Choi , Jiuzhou Huang , Taehun Lee

We construct an embedded ancient solution to the mean curvature flow which is qualitatively given by a ``stack'' of two ancient pancakes joined by a neck. Our solution is closed, non-convex, and contained in a slab.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Mat Langford , Alexander Mramor , Louis Yudowitz

We examine the question of convergence of solutions to a geometric flow which was introduced by Guan and Li for starshaped hypersurfaces in space forms and generalized by Guan, Li, and Wang to the case of warped product spaces. We obtain a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Jérôme Vétois

In this short article, we prove the existence of ancient solutions of the mean curvature flow that for t -> 0 collapse to a round point, but for t -> -infinity become more and more oval: near the center they have asymptotic shrinkers…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-08-20 Robert Haslhofer , Or Hershkovits

In this paper, we classify all noncollapsed singularities of the mean curvature flow in $\mathbb{R}^4$. Specifically, we prove that any ancient noncollapsed solution either is one of the classical historical examples (namely…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Kyeongsu Choi , Robert Haslhofer

We classify regularity for Lagrangian mean curvature type equations, which include the potential equation for prescribed Lagrangian mean curvature and those for Lagrangian mean curvature flow self-shrinkers and expanders, translating…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Arunima Bhattacharya , Ravi Shankar

We prove regularity, global existence, and convergence of Lagrangian mean curvature flows in the two-convex case. Such results were previously only known in the convex case, of which the current work represents a significant improvement.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-12-22 Chung-Jun Tsai , Mao-Pei Tsui , Mu-Tao Wang

We give a short and self-contained proof for rates of convergence of the Allen-Cahn equation towards mean curvature flow, assuming that a classical (smooth) solution to the latter exists and starting from well-prepared initial data. Our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-19 Julian Fischer , Tim Laux , Theresa M. Simon

Inspired by work of Colding-Minicozzi on mean curvature flow, Zhang introduced a notion of entropy stability for harmonic map flow. We build further upon this work in several directions. First we prove the equivalence of entropy stability…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-17 Jess Boling , Casey Lynn Kelleher , Jeffrey Streets

In this paper, we introduce the solver ConvexFlows for the convex flow problem first defined in the authors' previous work. In this problem, we aim to optimize a concave utility function depending on the flows over a graph. However, unlike…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Theo Diamandis , Guillermo Angeris

A recent result of Jaracz has established nonexistence of global solutions to the coupled generalized Jang equation and zero divergence system which satisfy the asymptotic conditions needed to prove the Penrose conjecture by identifying a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-21 Hollis Williams

We consider a motion of non-closed planar curves with infinite length. The motion is governed by a steepest descent flow for the geometric functional which consists of the sum of the length functional and the total squared curvature. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-07 Matteo Novaga , Shinya Okabe