\alpha-Gauss Curvature flows with flat sides
Analysis of PDEs
2011-10-03 v1
Abstract
In this paper, we study the deformation of the 2 dimensional convex surfaces in R3 whose speed at a point on the surface is proportional to α-power of positive part of Gauss Curvature. First, for 1/2<\alpha\leq 1,weshowthatthereissmoothsolutioniftheinitialdataissmoothandstrictlyconvexandthatthereisaviscositysolutionwithC^{1,1}−estimatebeforethecollapsingtimeiftheinitialsurfaceisonlyconvex.Moreover,weshowthatthereisawaitingtimeeffectwhichmeanstheflatspotoftheconvexsurfacewillpersistforawhile.Wealsoshowtheinterfacebetweentheflatsideandthestrictlyconvexsideofthesurfaceremainssmoothon0 < t < T_0undercertainnecessaryregularityandnon−degeneracyinitialconditions,where T_0$ is the vanishing time of the flat side.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1109.6699,
title = {\alpha-Gauss Curvature flows with flat sides},
author = {Lami Kim and Ki-ahm Lee and Eunjai Rhee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.6699},
year = {2011}
}