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We show that under Space Curve Shortening flow any closed immersed curve in $\mathbb R^n$ whose projection onto $\mathbb{R}^2\times\{\vec{0}\}$ is convex remains smooth until it shrinks to a point. Throughout its evolution, the projection…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Qi Sun

In this paper we consider the steepest descent $H^{-1}$-gradient flow of the length functional for immersed plane curves, known as the curve diffusion flow. It is known that under this flow there exist both initially immersed curves which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-01-19 Glen Wheeler

We study the length-preserving elastic flow of curves in arbitrary codimension with free boundary on hypersurfaces. This constrained gradient flow is given by a nonlocal evolution equation with nonlinear higher-order boundary conditions. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Anna Dall'Acqua , Manuel Schlierf

We consider embedded, smooth curves in the plane which are either closed or asymptotic to two lines. We study their behaviour under curve shortening flow with a global forcing term. Firstly, we prove an analogue to Huisken's distance…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Friederike Dittberner

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

We consider strictly convex hypersurfaces with the boundary which meets a strictly convex cone perpendicularly. We prove that if these hypersurfaces expand inside this cone, driven by the power of the Gauss curvature, then the evolution…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-10 Li Chen , Ni Xiang

In this paper we introduce two $1/\kappa^{n}$-type ($n\ge1$) curvature flows for closed convex planar curves. Along the flows the length of the curve is decreasing while the enclosed area is increasing. And finally, the evolving curves…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Zezhen Sun

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 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

In arXiv:2205.02920 a variant of the classical elastic flow for closed curves in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ was introduced, that is more suitable for numerical purposes. Here we investigate the long-time properties of such evolution demonstrating…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Paola Pozzi

The mean curvature flow is an evolution process under which a submanifold deforms in the direction of its mean curvature vector. The hypersurface case has been much studied since the eighties. Recently, several theorems on regularity,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mu-Tao Wang

Let $X_0, \widetilde{X}$ be two smooth, closed and locally convex curves in the plane with same winding number. A curvature flow with a nonlocal term is constructed to evolve $X_0$ into $\widetilde{X}$. It is proved that this flow exits…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-16 Laiyuan Gao

The behavior of the curve shortening flow has been extensively studied. Gage, Hamilton, and Grayson proved that, under the curve shortening flow, an embedded closed curve in the Euclidean plane becomes convex after a finite time and then…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-14 Naotoshi Fujihara

We investigate the evolution of open curves with fixed endpoints under the curve shortening flow, which evolves curves in proportion to their curvature. Using a distance comparison of Huisken, we determine the long-term behavior of open…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-01 Paul T. Allen , Adam Layne , Katharine Tsukahara

We study convex entire graphs evolving with normal velocity equal to a positive power of the mean curvature. Under mild assumptions we prove longtime existence.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-12-20 Martin Franzen

We study the evolution of star-shaped sets in volume preserving mean curvature flow. Constructed by approximate minimizing movements, our solutions preserve a strong version of star-shapedness. We also show that the solutions converges to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-16 Inwon Kim , Dohyun Kwon

We consider an invariant gradient flow for the invariant length functional for co-compact curves in inversive geometry, and prove that solutions exist for all time and converge to loxodromic curves, provided the initial curve is admissible…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Ben Andrews , Glen Wheeler

The paper presents the results of numerical solution of the evolution law for the constrained mean-curvature flow. This law originates in the theory of phase transitions for crystalline materials and describes the evolution of closed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-02-28 Miroslav Kolar , Michal Benes , Daniel Sevcovic

We investigate for the first time the curve shortening flow in the metric-affine plane and prove that under simple geometric condition it shrinks a closed convex curve to a "round point" in finite time. This generalizes the classical result…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-24 Vladimir Rovenski

In this paper a generalized Gauss curvature flow about a convex hypersurface in the Euclidean $n$-space is studied. This flow is closely related to the Orlicz-Minkowski problem, which involves Gauss curvature and a function of support…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-07 YanNan Liu , Jian Lu