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In this paper we prove that the space of differential invariants for curves with arc-length parameter in the light cone of Lorentzian $\mathbb{R}^4$, invariants under the centro-affine action of the Lorentzian group, is Poisson equivalent…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-11-02 Theresa C. Anderson , Gloria Marí Beffa

Given a planar crystalline anisotropy, we study the crystalline elastic flow of immersed polygonal curves, possibly also unbounded. Assuming that the segments evolve by parallel translation (as it happens in the standard crystalline…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Giovanni Bellettini , Shokhrukh Yu. Kholmatov , Matteo Novaga

In this paper, we study self-expanding solutions to a large class of parabolic inverse curvature flows by homogeneous symmetric functions of principal curvatures in Euclidean spaces. These flows include the inverse mean curvature flow and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-19 Tsz-Kiu Aaron Chow , Ka-Wing Chow , Frederick Tsz-Ho Fong

Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold with a parallel 1-form $\Omega$. We prove two theorems about the curve shortening flow in $M$. One is that the {\csf} $\ct$ in $M$ exists for all $t$ in $[0, \infty)$, if it satisfies $\Omega(T)\geq…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-12-27 Hengyu Zhou

In this paper, we consider a kind of area preserving non-local flow for convex curves in the plane. We show that the flow exists globally, the length of evolving curve is non-increasing, and the curve converges to a circle in C^{\infty}…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-29 Li Ma , Liang Cheng

We consider the existence of invariant curves of real analytic reversible mappings which are quasi-periodic in the angle variables. By the normal form theorem, we prove that under some assumptions, the original mapping is changed into its…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Yan Zhuang , Daxiong Piao , Yanmin Niu

A supersymmetric extension of the two-phase fluid flow system is formulated. A superalgebra of Lie symmetries of the supersymmetric extension of this system is computed. The classification of the one-dimensional subalgebras of this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-30 A. M. Grundland , A. J. Hariton

In this paper, we investigate the general formulation for inextensible flows of curves in En. The necessary and sufficient conditions for inextensible curve flow are expressed as a partial differential equation involving the curvatures.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-30 Önder Gökmen Yıldız , Murat Tosun , Sıddıka Ö. Karakuş

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

In this paper we consider the steepest descent L2-gradient flow of the entropy functional. The flow expands convex curves, with the radius of an initial circle growing like the square root of time. Our main result is that, for any initial…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-20 Lachlann O'Donnell , Glen Wheeler , Valentina-Mira Wheeler

We consider the functional of total variation of maps from an interval into a Riemannian submanifold of $\mathbb R^N$. We define a notion of strong solution to the system of equations corresponding to the $L^2$-gradient flow of this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Lorenzo Giacomelli , Michał Łasica , Salvador Moll

In this paper, we study the area-preserving and length-preserving $\kappa^\alpha$-type curvature flows of smooth, closed, convex curves in the two-dimensional hyperbolic plane $\mathbb H^2$ for $\alpha<0$ and prove that convexity is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Zhishuai Liu , Guoxin Wei

We formulate a uniqueness conjecture for curve shortening flow of proper curves on certain symmetric surfaces and give an example of a non-flat metric on the plane with respect to which curve shortening flow is not unique. That is, with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Luke Thomas Peachey

In this article we consider the length functional defined on the space of immersed planar curves. The $L^2(ds)$ Riemannian metric gives rise to the curve shortening flow as the gradient flow of the length functional. Motivated by the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Philip Schrader , Glen Wheeler , Valentina-Mira Wheeler

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

We construct a slingshot, that is a compact, embedded solution to curve shortening flow that comes out of a non compact curve and exists for a finite time.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-31 Theodora Bourni , Martin Reiris

In this article, we study the invariant differential forms which a correspondence of curves admits. We also try to classify the correspondences of $\mathbb{P}^1$ that admits such invariant differential forms.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-03-07 Arnab Saha

Let f:\Sigma_1 --> \Sigma_2 be a map between compact Riemannian manifolds of constant curvature. This article considers the evolution of the graph of f in the product of \Sigma_1 and \Sigma_2 by the mean curvature flow. Under suitable…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-07 Mu-Tao Wang

We construct differential invariants that vanish if and only if the geodesic flow of a 2-dimensional metric admits an integral of 3rd degree in momenta with a given Birkhoff-Kolokoltsov 3-codifferential.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-22 Vladimir S. Matveev , Vsevolod V. Shevchishin

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