arXiv research

Paper classifies ruled surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski space for a specific flow.

The paper analyzes self-similar solutions for mean curvature flow in 3D.

New self-similarity for Einstein vacuum equations identified.

Symmetry groups help define solitons in curved spaces.

We study the heat flow for Yang-Mills connections on $\mathbb R^d \times SO(d)$. It is well-known that in dimensions $5 \leq d \leq 9$ this model admits homothetically shrinking solitons, i.e., self-similar blowup solutions, with an explicit example given by Weinkove \cite{Wei04}. We prove the nonlinear asymptotic stab…

We study the contraction of a convex immersed plane curve with speed (1/α)k^{α}, where αin(0,1] is a constant and show that, if the blow-up rate of the curvature is of type one, it will converge to a homothetic self-similar solution. We also discuss a special symmetric case of type two blow-up and show that it converge…

Study hexagonal network evolution under curvature flow.

We investigate self-similar solutions to the inverse mean curvature flow in Euclidean space. In the case of one dimensional planar solitons, we explicitly classify all homothetic solitons and translators. Generalizing Andrews' theorem that circles are the only compact homothetic planar solitons, we apply the Hsiung-Min…

It has been known in that round spheres are the only closed homothetic self-similar solutions to the inverse mean curvature flow and parabolic curvature flows by degree -1 homogeneous functions of principle curvatures in the Euclidean space. In this article, we prove that the round sphere is rigid in much stronger sens…

Study proves existence of expanding solutions for multiphase surfaces with regular junctions.

We study some potential theoretic properties of homothetic solitons $Σ^n$ of the MCF and the IMCF. Using the analysis of the extrinsic distance function defined on these submanifolds in $\mathbb{R}^{n+m}$, we observe similarities and differences in the geometry of solitons in both flows. In particular, we show that par…

Study finds solutions to flows by negative curvature powers.

Paper proves rigidity for self-similar solutions in 3D flows.

Self-similar solutions to geometric flows are stable under small perturbations.

In this paper, we consider affine self-similar solutions for the affine curve shortening flow in the Euclidean plane. We obtain the equations of all affine self-similar solutions up to affine transformations and solve the equations or give descriptions of the solutions for the degenerate case. Some new special solution…

In this letter, two explicit self-similar solutions to a graph representation of time-like extremal hypersurfaces in Minkowski spacetime $\mathbb{R}^{1+3}$ are given. Meanwhile, there is an untable eigenvalue in the linearized time-like extremal hypersurfaces equation around two explicit self-similar solutions.

Classifies self-similar curve shortening flows in hyperbolic 2-space.

We give a classification of all self-similar solutions to the curve shortening flow in the plane.

Classifies self-similar solutions for heat equations with positive speed.

We consider graphical solutions to mean curvature flow and obtain a stability result for homothetically expanding solutions coming out of cones of positive mean curvature: If another solution is initially close to the cone at infinity, then the difference to the homothetically expanding solution becomes small for large…

The study proves uniqueness and symmetry of self-similar solutions in warped product spaces.

This article gives an alternative approach to the self-shrinking and self-expanding solutions of the curve shortening flow, which are related to singularity formation of the mean curvature flow. The motivation for the self-similar solutions arises from natural area preserving rescaling. Further we describe the self-sim…

In this paper, we obtain a complete list of all self-similar solutions of inverse mean curvature flow in $\mathbb{R}^2$.

We classify all Hamiltonian stationary Lagrangian surfaces in complex Euclidean plane which are self-similar solutions of the mean curvature flow.

Mathematically, a homothetic function is a function of the form $f({\bf x})=F(h(x_1,...,x_n))$, where $h$ is a homogeneous function of any degree $d\ne 0$ and $F$ is a monotonically increasing function. In economics homothetic functions are production functions whose marginal technical rate of substitution is homogeneo…

Study on self-similar solutions of supercritical Fujita equation, proving entropy and energy gap.

Curvature flow and inverse curvature flow solutions on 2D light cone identified.

We introduce the mean curvature flow of curves in the Minkowski plane $\mathbf R^{1,1}$ and give a classification of all the self-similar solutions. In addition, we describe five other exact solutions to the flow.

In this paper we study self-similar solutions in warped products satisfying $F-\mathcal{F}=\bar{g}(λ(r)\partial_{r},ν)$, where $\mathcal{F}$ is a nonnegative constant and $F$ is in a class of general curvature functions including powers of mean curvature and Gauss curvature. We show that slices are the only closed stri…

By the curve shortening flow, the only closed embedded contracting self-similar solutions are circles: we give a very short and intuitive geometric proof of this basic and classical result using an idea of Gage.

We carry out the first main step towards the construction of new examples of complete embedded self-similar surfaces under mean curvature flow. An approximate solution is obtained by taking two known examples of self-similar surfaces and desingularizing the intersection circle using an appropriately modified singly per…

The paper constructs and analyzes self-similar blowup solutions for a wave map equation.

We classify the self-similar solutions to a class of Weingarten curvature flow of connected compact convex hypersurfaces, isometrically immersed into space forms with non-positive curvature, and obtain a new characterization of a sphere in a Euclidean space $\R^{n+1}$.

The self-similar solutions to the mean curvature flows have been defined and studied on the Euclidean space. In this paper we initiate a general treatment of the self-similar solutions to the mean curvature flows on Riemannian cone manifolds. As a typical result we extend the well-known result of Huisken about the asym…

In this survey article, we discuss some topics on self-similar solutions to the Ricci flow and the mean curvature flow. Self-similar solutions to the Ricci flow are known as Ricci solitons. In the first part of this paper we discuss a lower diameter bound for compact manifolds with shrinking Ricci solitons. Such a boun…

We develop a local theory for the construction of singular spacetimes in all spacetime dimensions which become asymptotically self-similar as the singularity is approached. The techniques developed also allow us to construct and classify exact self-similar solutions which correspond to the formal asymptotic expansions …

This paper is devoted to the study of the singularity phenomenon of timelike extremal hypersurfaces in Minkowski spacetime $\mathbb{R}^{1+3}$. We find that there are two explicit lightlike self-similar solutions to a graph representation of timelike extremal hypersurfaces in Minkowski spacetime $\mathbb{R}^{1+3}$, the …

Classifies solitons for surface diffusion flow of graphs.

We construct new examples of self-similar solutions and translating solitons for Lagrangian mean curvature flow by extending the method of Joyce, Lee and Tsui. Those examples include examples in which the Lagrangian angle is arbitrarily small as the examples of Joyce, Lee and Tsui.

Estimates the rate of convergence of mean curvature flow solutions.

We confirm a well-known conjecture that the round sphere is the only compact, embedded self-similar shrinking solution to the mean curvature flow with genus $0$. More generally, we show that the only properly embedded self-similar shrinkers in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with vanishing intersection form are the sphere, the cylinder…

In this paper, it is proved that any conformal vector field is homothetic on a locally projectively flat $(α,β)$-space of non-Randers type in dimension $n\ge 3$, and the local solutions of such a vector field are determined. While on a locally projectively flat Randers space, examples showthat the conformal vector fiel…

We study the Dirichlet problem associated to the equation for self-similar surfaces for graphs over the Euclidean plane with a disk removed. We show the existence of a solution provided the boundary conditions on the boundary circle are small enough and satisfy some symmetries. This is the second step towards the const…

Study on transverse Ricci solitons on compact foliated manifolds.

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…

Study of naked singularities in Einstein vacuum equations using new self-similarity.

The paper defines Hesse solitons and explores their properties on Hessian manifolds.

In this paper, employing a new inequality, we show that under certain curvature pinching condition, the strictly convex closed smooth self-similar solution of $σ_k^α$-flow must be a round sphere. We also obtain a similar result for the solutions of $F=-\langle X, e_{n+1}\rangle \, (*)$ with a non-homogeneous function $…