The mean curvature flow of subgroups on Lie groups of dimension three

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Main Authors: Arroyo, Romina M., Ovando, Gabriela P., Sáez, Mariel
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author Arroyo, Romina M.
Ovando, Gabriela P.
Sáez, Mariel
author_facet Arroyo, Romina M.
Ovando, Gabriela P.
Sáez, Mariel
contents In this work we study the existence of solutions to the Mean Curvature Flow for which the initial condition has the structure of a two-dimensional Lie subgroup within a Lie group of dimension three. We consider Lie groups with a fixed left-invariant metric and first observe that if the Lie group is unimodular, then every Lie subgroup is a minimal surface (hence a trivial solution). For this reason we focus on non-unimodular Lie groups, finding the evolution of every Lie subgroup of dimension 2 (within a 3 dimensional Lie group). These evolutions are self-similar for abelian subgroups (i.e. evolve by isometries), but not self-similar in the other cases.
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spellingShingle The mean curvature flow of subgroups on Lie groups of dimension three
Arroyo, Romina M.
Ovando, Gabriela P.
Sáez, Mariel
Differential Geometry
In this work we study the existence of solutions to the Mean Curvature Flow for which the initial condition has the structure of a two-dimensional Lie subgroup within a Lie group of dimension three. We consider Lie groups with a fixed left-invariant metric and first observe that if the Lie group is unimodular, then every Lie subgroup is a minimal surface (hence a trivial solution). For this reason we focus on non-unimodular Lie groups, finding the evolution of every Lie subgroup of dimension 2 (within a 3 dimensional Lie group). These evolutions are self-similar for abelian subgroups (i.e. evolve by isometries), but not self-similar in the other cases.
title The mean curvature flow of subgroups on Lie groups of dimension three
topic Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17892