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We use the inverse mean curvature flow with a free boundary perpendicular to the sphere to prove a geometric inequality involving the Willmore energy for convex hypersurfaces of dimension $n\geq 3$ with boundary on the sphere.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Ben Lambert , Julian Scheuer

In this paper, an Alexandrov-Fenchel inequality is established for closed $2$-convex spacelike hypersurface in de Sitter space by investigating the behavior of the locally constrained inverse curvature flow \begin{align} \frac{\partial…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Kuicheng Ma

A recent paper [CGT] studies the evolution of star-shaped mean convex hypersurfaces of the Euclidean space by a class of nonhomogeneous expanding curvature flows. In the present paper we consider the same problem in the real, complex and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Giuseppe Pipoli

We find a monotone quantity along the inverse mean curvature flow and use it to prove an Alexandrov-Fenchel-type inequality for strictly convex hypersurfaces in the $n$-dimensional sphere, $n \geq 3$.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Frederico Girão , Neilha M. Pinheiro

We study the equations of motion for a barotropic fluid in spherical symmetric flow. Making use of the Riemann invariants we consider the characteristic form of these equations. In a first part, we show that the resulting constraint…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-08 André Lisibach

This paper aims at building a unified framework to deal with a wide class of local and nonlocal translation-invariant geometric flows. First, we introduce a class of generalized curvatures, and prove the existence and uniqueness for the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Antonin Chambolle , Massimiliano Morini , Marcello Ponsiglione

In this article, we study a locally constrained fully nonlinear curvature flow for convex capillary hypersurfaces in half-space. We prove that the flow preserves the convexity, exists for all time, and converges smoothly to a spherical cap.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-20 Xinqun Mei , Liangjun Weng

In this note we derive a new Minkowski-type inequality for closed convex surfaces in the hyperbolic 3-space. The inequality is obtained by explicitly computing the area of the family of surfaces obtained from the normal flow and then…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-08 Jose Natario

We describe all local Riemannian metrics on surfaces whose geodesic flows are superintegrable with one integral linear in momenta and one integral cubic in momenta. We also show that some of these metrics can be extended to the 2-sphere.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-14 Vladimir S. Matveev , Vsevolod V. Shevchishin

In this article, we study a locally constrained mean curvature flow for star-shaped hypersurfaces with capillary boundary in the half-space. We prove its long-time existence and the global convergence to a spherical cap. Furthermore, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Xinqun Mei , Guofang Wang , Liangjun Weng

We exploit an arbitrary extrinsic time foliation of spacetime to solve the constraints in spherically symmetric general relativity. Among such foliations there is a one parameter family, linear and homogeneous in the extrinsic curvature,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Jemal Guven , Niall O Murchadha

We obtain Harnack estimates for a class of curvature flows in Riemannian manifolds of constant non-negative sectional curvature as well as in the Lorentzian Minkowski and de Sitter spaces. Furthermore, we prove a Harnack estimate with a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-06-30 Paul Bryan , Mohammad N. Ivaki , Julian Scheuer

This note revisits the inverse mean curvature flow in the 3-dimensional hyperbolic space. In particular, we show that the limiting shape is not necessarily round after scaling, thus resolving an inconsistency in the literature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-09 Pei-Ken Hung , Mu-Tao Wang

Quadratic flows have the unique property of uniform strain and are commonly used in turbulence modeling and hydrodynamic analysis. While previous application focused on two-dimensional homogeneous fluid, this study examines the geometric…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-30 Che Sun

In this paper, we attempt to use two types of flows to study the relations between quermassintegrals $\mathcal{A}_k$ (see Definition 1.1), which correspond to the Alexandrov-Fenchel inequalities for closed convex $C^2$-hypersurfaces in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Min Chen , Jun Sun

We present and analyze three distinct semi-discrete schemes for solving nonlocal geometric flows incorporating perimeter terms. These schemes are based on the finite difference method, the finite element method, and the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-14 Jiang Wei , Su Chunmei , Zhang Ganghui

For some class of geometric flows, we obtain the (logarithmic) Sobolev inequalities and their equivalence up to different factors directly and also obtain the long time non-collapsing and non-inflated properties, which generalize the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-07 Shouwen Fang , Tao Zheng

Different extended objects can fall in different ways, depending on their internal structures. Some motions are nevertheless impossible, regardless of internal structure. This paper derives universal constraints on extended-body motion,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-14 Abraham I. Harte , David Dwyer

We consider the evolution by inverse mean curvature flow of a closed, mean convex and star-shaped hypersurface in the complex hyperbolic space. We prove that the flow is defined for any positive time, the evolving hypersurface stays…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-29 Giuseppe Pipoli

We study the convergence of an axially symmetric hypersurface evolving by volume preserving mean curvature flow. Assuming the surface is not pinching off along the axis at any time during the flow, and without any additional conditions, as…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-08-31 Maria Athanassenas , Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi