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The curvature regularities are well-known for providing strong priors in the continuity of edges, which have been applied to a wide range of applications in image processing and computer vision. However, these models are usually non-convex,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-03 Qiuxiang Zhong , Ke Yin , Yuping Duan

This paper investigates a discretization scheme for mean curvature motion on point cloud varifolds with particular emphasis on singular evolutions. To define the varifold a local covariance analysis is applied to compute an approximate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Blanche Buet , Martin Rumpf

We consider a fully discrete and explicit scheme for the mean curvature flow of boundaries, based on an elementary diffusion step and a precise redistancing operation. We give an elementary convergence proof for the scheme under the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Antonin Chambolle , Daniele De Gennaro , Massimiliano Morini

In this paper we investigate the numerical approximation of a variant of the mean curvature flow. We consider the evolution of hypersurfaces with normal speed given by $H^k$, $k \ge 1$, where $H$ denotes the mean curvature. We use a level…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-26 Axel Kröner , Eva Kröner , Heiko Kröner

In this paper we discuss novel numerical schemes for the computation of the curve shortening and mean curvature flows that are based on special reparametrizations. The main idea is to use special solutions to the harmonic map heat flow in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-28 Charles M. Elliott , Hans Fritz

We develop a rigorous theory for a structure-preserving discretisation of the incompressible Euler and Navier--Stokes equations, based on discrete exterior calculus on prismatic Delaunay--Voronoi meshes over closed Riemannian manifolds. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Peter Korn

Studying the geometric flow plays a powerful role in mathematics and physics. In this paper, we introduce the mean curvature flow on Finsler manifolds and give a number of examples of the mean curvature flow. For Minkowski spaces, a special…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-06 Fanqi Zeng , Qun He , Bin Chen

We introduce in this paper new and very effective numerical methods based on neural networks for the approximation of the mean curvature flow of either oriented or non-orientable surfaces. To learn the correct interface evolution law, our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Elie Bretin , Roland Denis , Simon Masnou , Garry Terii

We address in this paper the study of a geometric evolution, corresponding to a curvature which is non-local and singular at the origin. The curvature represents the first variation of the energy recently proposed as a variant of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-01-26 Antonin Chambolle , Massimiliano Morini , Marcello Ponsiglione

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

A new simple Lagrangian method with favorable stability and efficiency properties for computing general plane curve evolutions is presented. The method is based on the flowing finite volume discretization of the intrinsic partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-04-09 Karol Mikula , Daniel Sevcovic , Martin Balazovjech

A numerical algorithm for mean curvature flow of closed mean convex surfaces with surgery is proposed. The method uses a finite element based mean curvature flow algorithm based on a coupled partial differential equation system which…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-22 Balázs Kovács

An algorithm is proposed for generalized mean curvature flow of closed two-dimensional surfaces, which include inverse mean curvature flow, powers of mean and inverse mean curvature flow, etc. Error estimates are proven for semi- and full…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Tim Binz , Balázs Kovács

Error estimates are proved for an evolving surface finite element semi-discretization for anisotropic mean curvature flow of closed surfaces. For the geometric surface flow, a system coupling the anisotropic evolution law to parabolic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Klaus Deckelnick , Harald Garcke , Balázs Kovács

Mean curvature flow is the most natural evolution equation in extrinsic geometry, and shares many features with Hamilton's Ricci flow from intrinsic geometry. In this lecture series, I will provide an introduction to the mean curvature flow…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-18 Robert Haslhofer

In this paper, the evolution of a polygonal spiral curve by the crystalline curvature flow with a pinned center is considered with two view points, discrete model consist of an ODE system of facet lengths and a level set method. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Tetsuya Ishiwata , Takeshi Ohtsuka

We propose a construction of mean curvature flows by approximation for very general initial data, in the spirit of the works of Brakke and of Kim & Tonegawa based on the theory of varifolds. Given a general varifold, we construct by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Blanche Buet , Gian Paolo Leonardi , Simon Masnou , Abdelmouksit Sagueni

Defined mathematically as critical points of surface area subject to a volume constraint, constant mean curvatures (CMC) surfaces are idealizations of interfaces occurring between two immiscible fluids. Their behavior elucidates phenomena…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Nicholas D. Brubaker

Center manifold analysis can be used in order to investigate the stability of the stationary solutions of various PDEs. This can be done by considering the PDE as an ODE between certain Banach spaces and linearising about the stationary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-09-20 David Hartley

We construct solutions to the three-dimensional Euler equations exhibiting anomalous dissipation in finite time through a vanishing viscosity limit. Inspired by \cite{BDL23} and \cite{cheskidov2023dissipation}, we extend the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Alexey Cheskidov , Qirui Peng