This paper studies mean curvature flows near cylindrical singularities.
problem Understanding the behavior of mean curvature flows near cylindrical singularities.
method Proved the rescaled flow converges to a graph over a cylinder, defined nondegeneracy, and showed properties of nondegenerate singularities.
result Nondegenerate cylindrical singularities are isolated, have a mean convex neighborhood, and are type-I.
Study neckpinch singularities in Ricci flow with cylindrical symmetry.
problem Understanding the asymptotic behavior of neckpinch singularities in Ricci flow.
method Rigorous analysis under Type-I assumption for general symmetric initial data.
result Previously constructed asymptotic profiles are the only possibilities.
Resolves conjecture on cylindrical mean curvature flows in all dimensions.
problem Mean Convex Neighborhood Conjecture for cylindrical singularities.
method Complete classification of ancient, asymptotically cylindrical flows; refined asymptotic analysis; leading mode condition; induction over thresholds.
result Establishes mean-convex neighborhood for cylindrical singularities; provides local models and canonical families.
Study resolves flow through cylindrical singularities, proving nonfattening.
problem Analyzing free boundary flow through cylindrical singularities.
method Foundational results for free boundary Brakke flows and classification of ancient flows.
result Proves all cylindrical singularities have a mean-convex neighborhood, leading to well-posed flow.
The study quantizes ancient flows in cylinders, revealing their asymptotic behavior.
problem Analyzing ancient mean curvature flows with cylindrical tangent profiles.
method Proved asymptotic behavior of cylindrical profile functions using spectral quantization.
result Asymptotic behavior of cylindrical profile functions quantized to eigenvalues 0 or -sqrt(2(n-k))/4.
The paper studies cylindrical singularities in mean curvature flow and proves their local regularity.
problem Understanding the structure and regularity of cylindrical singular sets in mean curvature flow.
method Introduced a new L2-distance non-concentration property to prove the local regularity of singular sets. result Locally, cylindrical singular sets are contained in a k-dimensional C2,α-submanifold. Study on stability of cylindrical singularities in MCF of finite codimensions.
problem Stability of cylindrical singularities in mean curvature flow.
method Construction of stable manifold, explicit solutions, asymptotic analysis.
result Asymptotic stability of cylindrical singularities under generic perturbations.
The study proves stability of various graphical translators in mean curvature flow.
problem Stability of graphical translators in mean curvature flow.
method Existence of longtime solution to mean curvature flow, dynamical stability results for various graphical translators.
result Dynamical stability of various types of graphical translators.
Singularities of the mean curvature flow of an embedded surface in R^3 are expected to be modelled on self-shrinkers that are compact, cylindrical, or asymptotically conical. In order to understand the flow before and after the singular time, it is crucial to know the uniqueness of tangent flows at the singularity. In …
Localizes curvature estimates for evolving hypersurfaces under various flows.
problem Establishing curvature estimates for evolving hypersurfaces under different flow conditions.
method Adapted localization of Huisken--Stampacchia iteration method to fully nonlinear flows.
result Asymptotically sharp curvature pinching estimates for general flows.
We show that any complete, immersed self-expander to the inverse mean curvature flow, which has one end asymptotic to a cylinder, or has two ends asymptotic to two coaxial cylinders, must be rotationally symmetric.
New approach analyzes ancient solutions and singularities of mean curvature flow.
problem Analyzing ancient solutions and singularities of mean curvature flow locally modeled on a cylinder.
method Introduces PDE-ODI principle to convert parabolic differential equations into systems of ordinary differential inequalities.
result Establishes the uniqueness of the bowl soliton times a Euclidean factor among ancient, cylindrical flows with dominant linear mode.
We consider the mean curvature flow of a closed hypersurface in the complex or quaternionic projective space. Under a suitable pinching assumption on the initial data, we prove apriori estimates on the principal curvatures which imply that the asymptotic profile near a singularity is either strictly convex or cylindric…
Unique asymptotics found for special geometric flows.
problem Classifying ancient ovals of Ricci flow.
method Analyzing invariant, compact, non-self-similar solutions.
result Uniqueness of the profile function G(z,t). New 1-parameter family of ovals identified in 4d Ricci flow classification.
problem Classifying κ-solutions in 4d Ricci flow. method Introducing conjectures and constructing new examples.
result Established canonical neighborhood theorem for 4d Ricci flow.
We study gluings of asymptotically cylindrical special Lagrangian submanifolds in asymptotically cylindrical Calabi--Yau manifolds. We prove both that there is a well-defined gluing map, and, after reviewing the deformation theory for special Lagrangians, prove that this gluing map defines a local diffeomorphism from m…
Paper proves strong uniqueness of cylindrical tangent flows near singularity in Ricci flow.
problem Proving strong uniqueness of cylindrical tangent flows near singularity in Ricci flow.
method Established Lojasiewicz inequality for pointed W-entropy under cylindrical geometry assumption. result Strong uniqueness of cylindrical tangent flows at first singular time of Ricci flow proved.
Proves uniqueness of cylindrical tangent flows in mean curvature flow.
problem Proving uniqueness of cylindrical singularity models in mean curvature flow.
method Inspired by Székelyhidi's approach, uses a different method to prove uniqueness.
result Proves uniqueness of cylindrical tangent flows.
In an earlier paper, we proved that, under certain hypotheses, the moduli space of an asymptotically cylindrical special Lagrangian submanifold with fixed boundary of an asymptotically cylindrical Calabi-Yau 3-fold is a smooth manifold. Here we prove the analogous result for an asymptotically cylindrical special Lagran…
We study the Ricci flow on complete Kaehler metrics that live on the complement of a divisor in a compact complex manifold. In earlier work, we considered finite-volume metrics which, at spatial infinity, are transversely hyperbolic. In the present paper we consider three different types of spatial asymptotics: cylind…
Asymptotically cylindrical Ricci-flat manifolds play a key role in constructing Topological Quantum Field Theories. It is particularly important to understand their behavior at the cylindrical ends and the natural restrictions on the geometry. In this paper we show that an orientable, connected, asymptotically cylindri…
Sharp curvature estimates for mean curvature flow in spheres.
problem Understanding the behavior of surfaces evolving under mean curvature flow in spheres.
method Proving asymptotically sharp curvature pinching estimates and using them to derive derivative and convexity estimates.
result Partial classification of singularity models and new rigidity results for ancient solutions.
We study the deformations of an asymptotically cylindrical Cayley submanifold inside an asymptotically cylindrical Spin(7)-manifold. We prove an index formula for the operator of Dirac type that arises as the linearisation of the deformation map and show that if the Spin(7)-structure is generic, then there are no obstr…
Classifies ancient ovals in higher dimensional mean curvature flow.
problem Classifying ancient ovals in higher dimensional mean curvature flow.
method Spectral parametrization to classify k-ovals.
result Classifies k-ovals in arbitrary dimensions.
Study shows generic surfaces avoid complex flow patterns.
problem Understanding flow patterns of surfaces in 3D space.
method Analyzes mean curvature flow of closed surfaces in R3. result Non-cylindrical self-shrinkers cannot arise generically.
We study a class of asymptotically cylindrical Ricci-flat Kähler metrics arising on quasiprojective manifolds. Using the Calabi--Yau geometry and analysis and the Kodaira--Kuranishi--Spencer theory and building up on results of N.Koiso for the case of compact manifolds, we show that under rather general hypotheses any …
We develop some consequences of the connection between Calabi-Yau structures and torsion-free G2 structures on compact and asymptotically cylindrical six- and seven-dimensional manifolds. Firstly, we improve the known proof that matching asymptotically cylindrical Calabi-Yau threefolds can be glued. Secondly, we giv…
In this paper, we study self-expanding solutions to a large class of parabolic inverse curvature flows by homogeneous symmetric functions of principal curvatures in Euclidean spaces. These flows include the inverse mean curvature flow and many nonlinear flows in the literature. We first show that the only compact self-…
In this paper we prove that any asymptotically cylindrical gradient shrinking Ricci soliton is isometric to a cylinder.
We prove that for a 7-dimensional manifold M with cylindrical ends the moduli space of exponentially asymptotically cylindrical torsion-free G_2 structures is a smooth manifold (if non-empty), and study some of its local properties. We also show that the holonomy of the induced metric of an exponentially asymptotically…
We construct examples of exponentially asymptotically cylindrical Riemannian 7-manifolds with holonomy group equal to G_2. To our knowledge, these are the first such examples. We also obtain exponentially asymptotically cylindrical coassociative calibrated submanifolds. Finally, we apply our results to show that one of…
This work concerns with the existence and detailed asymptotic analysis of Type II singularities for solutions to complete non-compact conformally flat Yamabe flow with cylindrical behavior at infinity. We provide the specific blow-up rate of the maximum curvature and show that the solution converges, after blowing-up a…
Study on parabolic points and cylindrical surfaces in Euclidean 3-space.
problem Characterizing parabolic points and their geometric properties.
method Introducing contact cylindrical surfaces and analyzing their properties.
result Characterization of A-singularity through projections. The paper proves strong uniqueness and rectifiability of generalized cylindrical singularities in Ricci flow.
problem Proving strong uniqueness and rectifiability of generalized cylindrical singularities in Ricci flow.
method Establishing a Lojasiewicz inequality for the pointed W-entropy in Ricci flow under the assumption of geometry near the base point being close to a generalized cylinder. result Proves strong uniqueness of generalized cylindrical tangent flows and shows that the subset of points with rectifiable Sqck(N) is horizontally parabolic. Given an asymptotically cylindrical special Lagrangian submanifold L in an asymptotically cylindrical Calabi-Yau 3-fold X, we determine conditions on a decay rate gamma which make the moduli space of (local) special Lagrangian deformations of L in X a smooth manifold and show that it has dimension equal to the dimensio…
Study steady gradient Ricci solitons with cylindrical tangent flows at infinity.
problem Characterize the geometry of steady gradient Ricci solitons at infinity.
method Analyze the rescaled limits of finite-time singular solutions of the Ricci flow.
result Classify the tangent flows at infinity of 4-dimensional steady soliton singularity models.
We establish various existence and uniqueness results for the Yang-Mills flow on cylindrical end 4-manifolds. We also show long-time existence and infinite-time convergence under certain hypotheses on the underlying data.
In 2+1 dimensions, all complete spacetimes are cylindrical.
problem Understanding rigidity of Ricci flow spacetimes in (2+1) dimensions. method Analyzing complete and sufficiently regular spacetimes, showing they must be cylindrical.
result Every spatial slice is diffeomorphic to a fixed surface, and the spacetime is isometric to a classical Ricci flow.
We introduce cylindrical projections to simulate infinite-dimensional occupation flows of diffusions.
problem Computational intractability of infinite-dimensional occupation flows of diffusions.
method Introduce cylindrical projections to approximate the occupation flow via a finite-dimensional system.
result Strong convergence of cylindrical projections to the initial process with derived rates.
We prove a complete family of `cylindrical estimates' for solutions of a class of fully non-linear curvature flows, generalising the cylindrical estimate of Huisken-Sinestrari for the mean curvature flow. More precisely, we show that, for the class of flows considered, an (m+1)-convex (0≤m≤n−2) solution bec…
We construct examples of asymptotically cylindrical Riemannian 8-manifolds with holonomy group Spin(7). To our knowledge, these are the first such examples. The construction uses an extension to asymptotically cylindrical setting of Joyce's existence result for torsion-free Spin(7)-structures. One source of examples ar…
We show uniqueness of cylindrical blowups for mean curvature flow in all dimension and all codimension. Cylindrical singularities are known to be the most important; they are the most prevalent in any codimension. Mean curvature flow in higher codimension is a nonlinear parabolic system where many of the methods used f…
McLean proved that the moduli space of coassociative deformations of a compact coassociative 4-submanifold C in a G_2-manifold (M,phi,g) is a smooth manifold of dimension equal to b^2_+(C). In this paper, we show that the moduli space of coassociative deformations of a noncompact, asymptotically cylindrical coassociati…
Researchers found cylindrical steady gradient solitons in 3D.
problem Finding steady gradient solitons in 3D with specific symmetries.
method Constructed a two-parameter family of solitons with SO(2)imesR symmetry. result Found a family of solitons with asymptotic power-law or exponential decay.
We prove the existence of Ricci flow starting from a class of metrics with unbounded curvature, which are doubly-warped products over an interval with a spherical factor pinched off at an end. These provide a forward evolution from some known and conjectured finite-time local singularities of Ricci flow, generalizing p…
Study proves uniqueness and rigidity of cylindrical self-shrinkers using Łojasiewicz inequalities.
problem Uniqueness and rigidity of cylindrical self-shrinkers in mean curvature flow.
method Direct perturbative analysis of the shrinker mean curvature and Łojasiewicz inequalities.
result Uniqueness and rigidity of cylindrical self-shrinkers, including round cylinders and cylinders over Abresch-Langer curves.
This work addresses the {\em singularity formation} of complete non-compact solutions to the conformally flat Yamabe flow whose conformal factors have {\em cylindrical behavior at infinity}. Their singularity profiles happen to be {\em Yamabe solitons}, which are {\em self-similar solutions} to the fast diffusion equat…
Constructs a mean curvature flow with surgery for compact mean convex hypersurfaces.
problem Mean curvature flow with surgery for compact mean convex hypersurfaces.
method Topological surgeries performed by the flow itself through nondegenerate cylindrical singularities, adjusted at smooth times.
result Extends previous results for 2-convex flows and constructs a flow for compact mean convex hypersurfaces.