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Helicoidal surfaces rotating/translating under the mean curvature flow

Differential Geometry 2015-03-19 v3

Abstract

We describe all possible self-similar motions of immersed hypersurfaces in Euclidean space under the mean curvature flow and derive the corresponding hypersurface equations. Then we present a new two-parameter family of immersed helicoidal surfaces that rotate/translate with constant velocity under the flow. We look at their limiting behaviour as the pitch of the helicoidal motion goes to 0 and compare it with the limiting behaviour of the classical helicoidal minimal surfaces. Finally, we give a classification of the immersed cylinders in the family of constant mean curvature helicoidal surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1106.4583,
  title  = {Helicoidal surfaces rotating/translating under the mean curvature flow},
  author = {Hoeskuldur P. Halldorsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4583},
  year   = {2015}
}

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21 pages, 22 figures, final version

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