The Affine Shape of a Figure-Eight under the Curve Shortening Flow

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Autores principales: Coiculescu, Matei P., Schwartz, Richard Evan
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Publicado: 2021
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author Coiculescu, Matei P.
Schwartz, Richard Evan
author_facet Coiculescu, Matei P.
Schwartz, Richard Evan
contents We consider the curve shortening flow applied to a class of figure-eight curves: those with dihedral symmetry, convex lobes, and a monotonicity assumption on the curvature. We prove that when (non-conformal) linear transformations are applied to the solution so as to keep the bounding box the unit square, the renormalized limit converges to a quadrilateral which we call a bowtie. Along the way we prove that suitably chosen arcs of our evolving curves, when suitably rescaled, converge to the Grim Reaper Soliton under the flow. Our Grim Reaper Theorem is an analogue of a theorem of S. Angenent, which is proven in the locally convex case.
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spellingShingle The Affine Shape of a Figure-Eight under the Curve Shortening Flow
Coiculescu, Matei P.
Schwartz, Richard Evan
Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
We consider the curve shortening flow applied to a class of figure-eight curves: those with dihedral symmetry, convex lobes, and a monotonicity assumption on the curvature. We prove that when (non-conformal) linear transformations are applied to the solution so as to keep the bounding box the unit square, the renormalized limit converges to a quadrilateral which we call a bowtie. Along the way we prove that suitably chosen arcs of our evolving curves, when suitably rescaled, converge to the Grim Reaper Soliton under the flow. Our Grim Reaper Theorem is an analogue of a theorem of S. Angenent, which is proven in the locally convex case.
title The Affine Shape of a Figure-Eight under the Curve Shortening Flow
topic Analysis of PDEs
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09213