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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

For every closed set $K \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ and every $m \geq 2$, we construct a mean-convex ancient solution to mean curvature flow of hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{m+n}$, with respect to a smooth Riemannian metric arbitrarily…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Raphael Tsiamis

We show that every convex ancient solution of mean curvature flow with Type I curvature growth is either spherical, cylindrical, or planar. We then prove the corresponding statement for flows by a natural class of curvature functions which…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Stephen Lynch

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

For $n\geq 2$, we construct $I$-dimensional family of embedded ancient solutions to mean curvature flow arise from an unstable minimal hypersurface $\Sigma$ with finite total curvature in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, where $I$ is the Morse index of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Yongheng Han

We consider curve shortening flow of arbitrary codimension in an Euclidean background. We show that, close to a singularity, the flow is asymptotically planar, paralleling Altschuler's work in the case of space curves, and analyse the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-06 Florian Litzinger

We prove the existence of closed convex ancient solutions to curvature flows which become more and more oval for large negative times. The speed function is a general symmetric function of the principal curvatures, homogeneous of degree…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-11 Susanna Risa , Carlo Sinestrari

We revisit the well-known Curve Shortening Flow for immersed curves in the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space. We exploit a fundamental structure of the problem to derive a new global construction of a solution, that is, a construction that is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Patrick Guidotti

In this paper, we first investigate a new locally constrained mean curvature flow (1.5) and prove that if the initial hypersurface is of smoothly compact starshaped, then the solution of the flow (1.5) exists for all time and converges to a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-02 J. Cui , P. Zhao

By carrying out a point-wise estimate for the second fundamental form, we prove a rigidity theorem of complete noncompact ancient solutions to the mean curvature flow in codimension one. Moreover, we derive an optimal growth condition.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-13 Qun Chen , Hongbing Qiu

We define a new notion of translations in the hyperbolic plane and explicitly solve the equation of the curve shortening flow. Next, we consider the class of ancient convex solutions and solve the equation of the curve shortening flow when…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Ivan Krznarić , Rafael López

We consider the evolution by mean curvature of smooth $n$-dimensional submanifolds in $\mathbb{R}^{n+k}$ which are compact and quadratically pinched. We will be primarily interested in flows of high codimension, the case $k\geq 2$. We prove…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Stephen Lynch , Huy The Nguyen

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

We construct a new compact convex embedded ancient solution of the $\kappa^\alpha$ flow in $\mathbb R^2$, $\alpha\in(\frac12,1)$ that lies between two parallel lines. Using this solution we classify all convex ancient solutions of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-21 Theodora Bourni , Julie Clutterbuck , Xuan Hien Nguyen , Alina Stancu , Guofang Wei , Valentina-Mira Wheeler

We study solutions of the mean curvature flow which are defined for all negative curvature times, usually called ancient solutions. We give various conditions ensuring that a closed convex ancient solution is a shrinking sphere. Examples of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-23 G. Huisken , C. Sinestrari

We obtain height, gradient, and curvature a priori estimates for a modified mean curvature flow in Riemannian manifolds endowed with a Killing vector field. As a consequence, we prove the existence of smooth, entire, longtime solutions for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Jocel Faustino Norberto de Oliveira , Jorge Herbert Soares de Lira , Matheus Nunes Soares

We provide a self-contained treatment of set-theoretic subsolutions to flow by mean curvature, or, more generally, to flow by mean curvature plus an ambient vector field. The ambient space can be any smooth Riemannian manifold. Most…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Or Hershkovits , Brian White

For an ancient solution of the mean curvature flow, we show that each time slice M_t is contained in an affine subspace with dimension bounded in terms of the density and the dimension of the evolving submanifold. Recall that an ancient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Maria Calle

We derive pointwise curvature estimates for graphical mean curvature flows in higher codimensions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such estimates without assuming smallness of first derivatives of the defining map. An…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-03 Knut Smoczyk , Mao-Pei Tsui , Mu-Tao Wang

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