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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

We show the existence of non-homothetic ancient flows by powers of curvature embedded in $\mathbb{R}^2$ whose entropy is finite. We determine the Morse indices and kernels of the linearized operator of shrinkers to the flows and construct…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-12-21 Kyeongsu Choi , Liming Sun

We construct noncompact solutions to the affine normal flow of hypersurfaces, and show that all ancient solutions must be either ellipsoids (shrinking solitons) or paraboloids (translating solitons). We also provide a new proof of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 John Loftin , Mao-Pei Tsui

In this paper, we systemally study the long time behavior of the curve shortening flow in a closed or non-compact complete locally Riemannian symmetric manifold. Assume that we have a global flow. Then we can exhibit a a limit for the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Li Ma , Dezhong Chen

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 construct new type II ancient compact solutions to the Yamabe flow. Our solutions are rotationally symmetric and converge, as $t \to -\infty$, to a tower of two spheres. Their curvature operator changes sign. We allow two time-dependent…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-23 Manuel del Pino , Panagiota Daskalopoulos , Natasa Sesum

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

In this paper we discuss the asymptotic entropy for ancient solutions to the Ricci flow. We prove a gap theorem for ancient solutions, which could be regarded as an entropy counterpart of Yokota's work. In addition, we prove that under some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-06-07 Yongjia Zhang

We provide several characterisations of collapsing and noncollapsing in convex ancient mean curvature flow, establishing in particular that collapsing occurs if and only if the flow is asymptotic to at least one Grim hyperplane. As a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-09 Theodora Bourni , Mat Langford , Stephen Lynch

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

In this paper, we study curve shortening flows on rotational surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We assume that the surfaces have negative Gauss curvatures and that some condition related to the Gauss curvature and the curvature of embedded curve…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-02 Naotoshi Fujihara

Mean curvature flow for isoparametric submanifolds in Euclidean spaces and spheres was studied by the authors in [LT]. In this paper, we will show that all these solutions are ancient solutions. We also discuss rigidity of ancient mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Xiaobo Liu , Chuu-Lian Terng

We prove short-time existence of {\phi}-regular solutions to the anisotropic and crystalline curvature flow of immersed planar curves.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-04 Gwenael Mercier , Matteo Novaga , Paola Pozzi

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

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

This paper deals with a generalized length-preserving flow for convex curves in the plane. It is shown that the flow exists globally and deforms convex curves into circles as time tends to infinity.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-03 Laiyuan Gao , Shengliang Pan

We classify the self-similar solutions to a class of Weingarten curvature flow of connected compact convex hypersurfaces, isometrically immersed into space forms with non-positive curvature, and obtain a new characterization of a sphere in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-05-07 Guanghan Li , Isabel Salavessa , Chuanxi Wu

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 give a classification of all self-similar solutions to the curve shortening flow in the plane.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-12-17 Hoeskuldur P. Halldorsson

In this paper, we prove Hamilton-Ivey estimates for the Ricci-Bourguignon flow on a compact manifold, with $n=3$ and $\rho<0$. As a consequence, we prove that compact ancient solutions have nonnegative sectional curvature for all negative…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Valter Borges