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We resolve the Mean Convex Neighborhood Conjecture for mean curvature flows in all dimensions and for all types of cylindrical singularities. Specifically, we show that if the tangent flow at a singular point is a multiplicity-one cylinder,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Richard H. Bamler , Yi Lai

We study weak solutions to mean curvature flow satisfying Young's angle condition for general contact angles $\alpha \in (0,\pi)$. First, we construct BV solutions using the Allen-Cahn approximation with boundary contact energy as proposed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Sebastian Hensel , Tim Laux

In this paper, inspired by the work of Spruck-Xiao [27] and based partly on a result of Derdzi\'nski [11], we prove the convexity of complete 2-convex translating and expanding solitons to the mean curvature flow in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. More…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Junming Xie , Jiangtao Yu

Wang, Weng and Xia[Math. Ann. 388 (2024), no. 2] studied a mean curvature type flow for the smooth, embedded capillary hypersurfaces with a constant contact angle $\theta\in(0,\pi)$ and confirmed the existence of solutions by the standard…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Linlin Fan , Peibiao Zhao

We construct a compact, convex ancient solution of mean curvature flow in $\mathbb R^{n+1}$ with $O(1)\times O(n)$ symmetry that lies in a slab of width $\pi$. We provide detailed asymptotics for this solution and show that, up to rigid…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Theodora Bourni , Mat Langford , Giuseppe Tinaglia

We consider graphical solutions to mean curvature flow and obtain a stability result for homothetically expanding solutions coming out of cones of positive mean curvature: If another solution is initially close to the cone at infinity, then…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-11-04 Julie Clutterbuck , Oliver C. Schnürer

We address the classification of ancient solutions to fully nonlinear curvature flows for hypersurfaces. Under natural conditions on the speed of motion we classify ancient solutions which are convex, noncollapsing, uniformly two-convex and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-06 A. Cogo , S. Lynch , O. Vičánek Martínez

In this paper we investigate the rigidity of ancient solutions of the mean curvature flow with arbitrary codimension in space forms. We first prove that under certain sharp asymptotic pointwise curvature pinching condition the ancient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Li Lei , Hongwei Xu , Entao Zhao

In this paper, we introduce a monotonicity formula for the mean curvature flow. We also apply this monotonicity formula to study the asymptotic behavior of eternal solutions.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-17 Yongbing Zhang

Bounds of total curvature and entropy are two common conditions placed on mean curvature flows. We show that these two hypotheses are equivalent for the class of ancient complete embedded smooth planar curve shortening flows, which are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-04 Wei-Bo Su , Kai-Wei Zhao

We provide a connection between weak solution concepts of mean curvature flow. On the one side we have the viscosity solution which is based on the comparison principle. On the other, variational solutions, which are combined Brakke flows…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Tim Laux , Anton Ullrich

We proved a Bernstein theorem for ancient solution to symplectic mean curvature flow via the complex phase map .

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Xiangzhi Cao

We construct closed, embedded, ancient mean curvature flows in each dimension $n\ge 2$ with the topology of $S^1 \times S^{n-1}$. These examples are not mean convex and not solitons. They are constructed by analyzing perturbations of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-14 Theodora Bourni , Mathew Langford , Alexander Mramor

There is an extensive and growing body of work analyzing convex ancient solutions to Mean Curvature Flow (MCF), or equivalently of Rescaled Mean Curvature Flow (RMCF). The goal of this paper is to complement the existing literature, which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Sigurd Angenent , Panagiota Daskalopoulos , Natasa Sesum

We consider geometric flows of hypersurfaces expanding by a function of the extrinsic curvature and we show that the homothethic sphere is the unique solution of the flow which converges to a point at the initial time. The result does not…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Susanna Risa , Carlo Sinestrari

In this paper, we first study the locally constrained curvature flow of hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space, which was introduced by Brendle, Guan and Li [7]. This flow preserves the $m$th quermassintegral and decreases $(m+1)$th…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-11 Yingxiang Hu , Haizhong Li , Yong Wei

We introduce a novel energy method that reinterprets ``curve shortening'' as ``tangent aligning''. This conceptual shift enables the variational study of infinite-length curves evolving by the curve shortening flow, as well as higher order…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Tatsuya Miura , Fabian Rupp

We give a new proof for the existence of mean curvature flow with surgery of 2-convex hypersurfaces in $R^N$, as announced in arXiv:1304.0926. Our proof works for all $N \geq 3$, including mean convex surfaces in $R^3$. We also derive a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-18 Robert Haslhofer , Bruce Kleiner

We give an overview of the existence and regularity results for curvature flows and how these flows can be used to solve some problems in geometry and physics.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-07-22 Claus Gerhardt

In this article, we use the recently developed mean curvature flow with surgery for 2 convex hypersurfaces to prove several isotopy existence and finally extrinsic finiteness results (in the spirit of Cheeger's compactness theorem) for the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Alexander Mramor