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Study on ancient Ricci flows with positive curvature, proving noncollapsedness.

problem Characterizing ancient Ricci flows with positive sectional curvature.
method Analyzing complete and noncompact Type I ancient Ricci flows with positive sectional curvature.
result Ancient solutions are noncollapsed on all scales in complete and noncompact cases, and in even-dimensional closed cases.

Ancient solutions on a strip are constant if polynomial, and have finite-dimensional space for slower growth.

problem Characterizing ancient solutions on an infinite strip with polynomial and exponential growth.
method Analyzing parabolic equations on an infinite strip, proving properties of ancient solutions.
result Ancient solutions on the strip are constant if they grow polynomially, and have a finite-dimensional space for slower exponential growth.

Let n3n\ge 3 and m=n2n+2m=\frac{n-2}{n+2}. We construct 55-parameters, 44-parameters, 33-parameters ancient solutions of the equation vt=(vm)xx+vvmv_t=(v^m)_{xx}+v-v^m, v>0v>0, in R×(,T)\mathbb{R}\times (-\infty,T) for some TRT\in\mathbb{R}. This equation arises in the study of Yamabe flow. We obtain various properties of the ancient so…

2016-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Ancient solutions to Kähler Ricci flow classified completely.

problem Ancient solutions to Kähler Ricci flow with nonnegative bisectional curvature.
method Complete classification of κ-noncollapsed, complete ancient solutions.
result Classification of all ancient solutions to Kähler Ricci flow with nonnegative bisectional curvature.

Study ancient solutions to free boundary mean curvature flow in convex manifolds.

problem Understanding ancient solutions to free boundary mean curvature flow in convex manifolds.
method Establish rigidity results and construct foliations to describe ancient solutions.
result Ancient solutions to free boundary mean curvature flow are rigid and exhaust all possibilities under certain conditions.

Ancient flows by curvature powers in 2D have finite entropy.

problem Existence of non-homothetic ancient flows by powers of curvature in R2\mathbb{R}^2.
method Determined Morse indices and kernels of the linearized operator of shrinkers. Constructed flows using unstable eigenfunctions.
result Existence of ancient flows with finite entropy.

We consider an embedded convex ancient solution ΓtΓ_t to the curve shortening flow in R2\mathbb{R}^2. We prove that there are only two possibilities: the family ΓtΓ_t is either the family of contracting circles, which is a type I ancient solution, or the family of evolving Angenent ovals, which correspond to a type II …

2008-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Study ancient Ricci flows with nonnegative Ricci curvature and their asymptotic geometry.

problem Understanding the asymptotic geometry of ancient Ricci flows with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Analyze tangent flows at infinity and use estimates for noncollapsed F-limit metric solitons.
result Two dichotomy theorems for ancient Ricci flows: either the asymptotic volume ratio is zero or every tangent flow is a Ricci flat cone.

Study proves rigidity theorems for ancient solutions to mean curvature flow with convex image.

problem Rigidity of ancient solutions to mean curvature flow with convex Gauss image.
method Refined curvature estimates.
result Better rigidity theorems for ancient solutions in higher codimension.

We study properly immersed ancient solutions of the codimension one mean curvature flow in nn-dimensional Euclidean space, and classify the convex hulls of the subsets of space reached by any such flow. In particular, it follows that any compact convex ancient mean curvature flow can only have a slab, a halfspace or a…

2019-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we investigate the rigidity of ancient solutions of the mean curvature flow with arbitrary codimension in space forms. We first prove that under certain sharp asymptotic pointwise curvature pinching condition the ancient solution in a sphere is either a shrinking spherical cap or a totally geodesic sphere…

2019-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider an ancient solution g(,t)g(\cdot,t) of the Ricci flow on a compact surface that exists for t(,T)t\in (-\infty,T) and becomes spherical at time t=Tt=T. We prove that the metric g(,t)g(\cdot,t) is either a family of contracting spheres, which is a type I ancient solution, or a Rosenau solution, which is a type II ancie…

2009-02-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Ancient curve shortening flows have entropy and curvature bounds equivalent.

problem Bounding entropy and total curvature for ancient curve shortening flows.
method Equivalence of entropy and total curvature conditions for ancient curve shortening flows.
result Entropy and total curvature bounds are equivalent for ancient curve shortening flows.

We study closed ancient solutions to gradient flows of elliptic functionals in Riemannian manifolds, including mean curvature flow and harmonic map heat flow. Our work has various consequences. In all dimensions and codimensions, we classify ancient mean curvature flows in S^n with low area: they are steady or shrinkin…

2019-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Proves planarity and convexity for ancient solutions of mean curvature flow.

problem Ancient solutions of mean curvature flow in higher codimension.
method Parabolically scale-invariant variation of planarity estimate, convexity proof for pinched solutions.
result Characterizes certain pinched complete ancient solutions and shrinkers in higher codimension.

Ancient solutions to Ricci flow with isotropic curvature conditions are classified.

problem Classifying ancient solutions to Ricci flow with isotropic curvature conditions.
method Analyzing properties of ancient solutions with isotropic curvature conditions.
result Ancient solutions to Ricci flow with isotropic curvature conditions are either shrinking cylinders or the Bryant soliton.

Ancient solutions and translators identified for Lagrangian flow.

problem Characterizing ancient solutions and translators of Lagrangian mean curvature flow.
method Analyzing almost calibrated, exact, ancient solutions with specific geometric properties.
result All ancient solutions with entropy less than 3 are special Lagrangian, planes, or translators in \(\mathbb{C}^2\).

Study on Ricci flow of invariant metrics on spheres, finding new ancient solutions.

problem Analyzing the Ricci flow of Sp(n+1)-invariant metrics on spheres.
method Determine forward and ancient solutions, classify them, and classify their behavior under flow.
result Exhibit a new one-parameter family of ancient solutions on spheres with larger isometry groups.