On the Convergence of Non-Integer Linear Hopf Flow

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Hauptverfasser: Guilfoyle, Brendan, Robson, Morgan
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author Guilfoyle, Brendan
Robson, Morgan
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Robson, Morgan
contents The evolution of a rotationally symmetric surface by a linear combination of its radii of curvature equation is considered. It is known that if the coefficients form certain integer ratios the flow is smooth and can be integrated explicitly. In this paper the non-integer case is considered for certain values of the coefficients and with mild analytic restrictions on the initial surface. We prove that if the focal points at the north and south poles on the initial surface coincide, the flow converges to a round sphere. Otherwise the flow converges to a non-round Hopf sphere. Conditions on the fall-off of the astigmatism at the poles of the initial surface are also given that ensure the convergence of the flow. The proof uses the spectral theory of singular Sturm-Liouville operators to construct an eigenbasis for an appropriate space in which the evolution is shown to converge.
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spellingShingle On the Convergence of Non-Integer Linear Hopf Flow
Guilfoyle, Brendan
Robson, Morgan
Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Spectral Theory
Primary 35K10, Secondary 53A05
The evolution of a rotationally symmetric surface by a linear combination of its radii of curvature equation is considered. It is known that if the coefficients form certain integer ratios the flow is smooth and can be integrated explicitly. In this paper the non-integer case is considered for certain values of the coefficients and with mild analytic restrictions on the initial surface. We prove that if the focal points at the north and south poles on the initial surface coincide, the flow converges to a round sphere. Otherwise the flow converges to a non-round Hopf sphere. Conditions on the fall-off of the astigmatism at the poles of the initial surface are also given that ensure the convergence of the flow. The proof uses the spectral theory of singular Sturm-Liouville operators to construct an eigenbasis for an appropriate space in which the evolution is shown to converge.
title On the Convergence of Non-Integer Linear Hopf Flow
topic Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Spectral Theory
Primary 35K10, Secondary 53A05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.15978