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.
Unique ancient convex flow in a ball with free boundary found.
problem Classifying convex ancient free boundary mean curvature flows in the ball.
method Proof of existence and uniqueness in every dimension.
result A unique (modulo rotations and translations) convex ancient mean curvature flow found.
A mean-convex set can be regarded as a barrier for the construction of minimal surfaces. Namely, if we are given a mean-convex set and a null-homotopic Jordan curve on its boundary, then there exists an embedded minimal disk with boundary the given curve contained in the starting mean-convex set. Does a mean-convex set…
Unbounded convex domains have zero mean curvature on disconnected boundaries.
problem Understanding mean curvature in unbounded convex domains.
method Analyzing mean curvature on disconnected boundary components.
result Mean curvature is zero on disconnected boundary components of unbounded mean convex domains.
We study topological obstructions to the existence of a Riemannian metric on manifolds with boundary such that the scalar curvature is non-negative and the boundary is mean convex. We construct many compact manifolds with boundary which admit no Riemannian metric with non-negative scalar curvature and mean convex bound…
We prove the convexity estimates of Huisken-Sinestrari for finite-time singularities of mean-convex, mean curvature flow with free boundary in a barrier S. Here S can be any properly embedded, oriented surface in Rn+1 of bounded geometry. We also give an alternative proof that convex mean curvature flows with …
The study proves splitting theorems for manifolds with specific curvature and boundary conditions.
problem Proving splitting theorems for manifolds with specific curvature and boundary conditions.
method Warped product splitting theorem in manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below, requiring parabolic and convex boundary.
result Established splitting results for various manifolds with specific curvature and boundary conditions.
The paper studies how convex surfaces shrink under mean curvature flow with a free boundary.
problem Mean curvature flow of convex surfaces with a free boundary on convex barriers.
method Introduced a new perturbation argument to establish convexity and pinching estimates.
result The flow contracts a sufficiently convex surface to a point in finite time, asymptotic to a half-sphere.
New theorem on 3-manifolds with curvature and convex boundary.
problem Understanding 3-manifolds with specific curvature and boundary properties.
method Analyzes properties of Riemannian 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and mean-convex boundary.
result Shows flatness of certain 3-manifolds containing specific geometric objects.
The study finds at least 2 free-boundary minimal disks in convex 3-balls.
problem Finding minimal disks in convex 3-balls.
method Combining mean curvature flow, min-max theory, and degree theory.
result Existence of at least 2 free-boundary minimal disks in convex 3-balls for generic metrics.
Proves existence of mean curvature flow with surgery for free boundary surfaces.
problem Existence of mean curvature flow with free boundary.
method New approach for flows with surgery in free boundary setting.
result Flow converges to stable minimal surfaces without surgeries for large t.
Constructs obstructions and deformation principles for positive scalar curvature metrics with mean convex boundaries.
problem Obstructing the existence of positive scalar curvature metrics with mean convex boundaries.
method Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index formula, deformation principle, homotopy equivalences, higher homotopy groups.
result Construction of compact manifolds with nontrivial higher homotopy groups for positive scalar curvature metrics with mean convex boundaries.
Smooth approximations bound dihedral angles of convex polytopes.
problem Bounding dihedral angles of convex polytopes.
method Approximating polytopes with smooth hypersurfaces and using geometric relations.
result Established lower bounds on dihedral angles.
The study proves inequalities for area and boundary length of disks in convex manifolds.
problem Proving inequalities for area and boundary length of disks in convex manifolds.
method Analyzing disks with homotopically non-trivial boundaries in manifolds with convex mean curvature boundary and positive scalar curvature.
result Proves an inequality involving area and boundary length of disks.
In this paper, we generalize White's regularity and structure theory for mean-convex mean curvature flow to the setting with free boundary. A major new challenge in the free boundary setting is to derive an a priori bound for the ratio between the norm of the second fundamental form and the mean curvature. We establish…
Develops a method to deform metrics on manifolds with non-compact boundaries.
problem Creating metrics with positive scalar curvature on manifolds with boundary.
method General deformation principle for Riemannian metrics on manifolds with non-compact boundaries.
result Non-existence of metrics with positive scalar curvature and mean convex boundary.
Paper finds unique solutions for curved surfaces with specific gradient.
problem Existence of curved surfaces with specific gradient.
method Second boundary value problem of constant mean curvature equations.
result Unique convex solutions for constant mean curvature equations.
Develops slicing method to prove rigidity of scalar curvature on manifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding positive scalar curvature metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Minimal slicing via capillary hypersurfaces to prove rigidity statements.
result Proves rigidity statement in dimension 4 for specific geometric conditions.
Study of manifolds with specific curvature properties using capillary surfaces.
problem Obtaining geometric properties of manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and strictly mean convex boundary.
method Use of stable capillary surfaces and Urysohn width to study geometric properties.
result Obtained an obstruction to filling 2-manifolds by 3-manifolds.
Study rigidity of minimal disks in specific 3-manifolds.
problem Rigidity of free boundary minimal disks in mean convex three-manifolds.
method Assuming strict stability, prove isometric neighborhoods using modified Hawking mass.
result Prove rigidity of minimal disks in specific 3-manifolds.
The paper extends Liebmann's Theorem to convex hypersurfaces with boundary.
problem Proving properties of convex hypersurfaces with boundary in Euclidean space.
method Analyzing locally convex, embedded, compact, connected CMC hypersurfaces bounded by a closed strictly convex submanifold.
result Spherical caps are the only such hypersurfaces with non-zero constant mean curvature bounded by a (n−1)−sphere. Study shows constant curvature convex hypersurfaces on hyperboloids are parts of hyperboloids.
problem Characterizing convex hypersurfaces with constant curvature on hyperboloids.
method Analyzing hypersurfaces with constant higher order mean curvature and constant boundary angle.
result Hypersurfaces with constant curvature on hyperboloids are parts of hyperboloids.
The paper studies a flow for convex capillary hypersurfaces in a ball, proving smooth convergence to a spherical cap.
problem Analyzing the behavior of convex capillary hypersurfaces under mean curvature flow.
method Introduced mean curvature flow for hypersurfaces in the unit Euclidean ball with capillary boundary. Proved smooth convergence to a spherical cap for strictly convex initial hypersurfaces.
result The flow preserves strict convexity and converges smoothly to a spherical cap for all positive time.
The paper proves a theorem about splitting manifolds with specific curvature properties.
problem Understanding the structure of manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and mean-convex boundaries.
method Proving a splitting theorem for manifolds with spectral nonnegative Ricci curvature and mean-convex boundary.
result The manifold is either isometric to a closed manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature or has no interior ends.
Study proves mean curvature flow in GRW spacetimes with perpendicular boundary condition.
problem Longtime existence of mean curvature flow in GRW spacetimes.
method Proved longtime existence using perpendicular Neumann boundary condition and null convergence condition.
result Metric of solution is conformal to GRW leaf's metric in asymptotic time.
Sharp spectral extension of rigidity theorem for mean-convex manifolds.
problem Rigidity and flexibility of manifolds with mean-convex boundary and nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Spectral Ricci lower bounds and mean-convex boundary conditions.
result Sharp spectral extension of rigidity theorem for specific conditions.
We study the Dirichlet problem for a graph Σ in Rn+1 with normalized constant mean curvature H>0 and planar boundary Γ=∂Ω. Our main result is that the optimal solvability condition, namely that the normalized mean curvature h of Γ satisfies h≥H, also suffices when Ω is strictly c…
The study pinches conditions for constant mean curvature surfaces in convex 3-manifolds.
problem Understanding the topology and geometry of constant mean curvature surfaces with free boundaries in convex 3-manifolds.
method Provided pinching conditions on the traceless second fundamental form to guarantee surface topology.
result The surface is either a disk, annulus, spherical cap, or Delaunay surface under certain conditions.
The study proves the existence of free boundary minimal disks in convex regions.
problem Proving the existence of free boundary minimal disks in convex regions.
method Based on a multiplicity-one theorem for the free boundary Simon-Smith min-max theory.
result Existence of at least three embedded free boundary minimal disks in strictly convex domains with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
We extend the idea and techniques in \cite{Miao} to study variational effect of the boundary geometry on the ADM mass of an asymptotically flat manifold. We show that, for a Lipschitz asymptotically flat metric extension of a bounded Riemannian domain with quasi-convex boundary, if the boundary mean curvature of the ex…
Study shows bound on Uryson width for specific 3D manifolds.
problem Bounding Uryson width for 3D manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature and strictly mean convex boundary.
method Proved existence of a Morse function with uniform diameter bounds on level sets.
result Upper bound on Uryson width for the specified 3D manifolds.
The study extends curvature bounds to non-smooth spaces and proves stability of mean curvature.
problem Proving curvature bounds in non-smooth spaces.
method Extending results from smooth Riemannian manifolds to non-smooth RCD spaces.
result Stability of mean curvature bounds under uniform convergence.
Study proves rigidity of capillary surfaces in curved 3D spaces.
problem Proving rigidity of capillary surfaces in curved 3D spaces.
method Local rigidity result for infinitesimally rigid capillary surfaces in Riemannian 3-manifolds with mean convex boundary.
result Bounds on genus, boundary components, and area of compact capillary minimal surfaces with low index.
Formula extends mean curvature to convex sets.
problem Extending mean curvature to convex sets.
method Derived a special formula for ovaloids.
result Proved integral formula for ovaloids.
Let M be a compact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature and mean convex boundary ∂M. Assume that the mean curvature H of the boundary ∂M satisfies H≥(n−1)k>0 for some positive constant k. In this paper, we prove that the distance function d to the bou…
We prove a local splitting theorem for three-manifolds with mean convex boundary and scalar curvature bounded from below that contain certain locally area-minimizing free boundary surfaces. Our methods are based on those of Micallef and Moraru. We use this local result to establish a global rigidity theorem for area-mi…
Sharp upper bounds on inscribed radius for metric spaces with convex boundary.
problem Bounding inscribed radius in metric measure spaces with convex boundary.
method Proves sharp upper bounds on inscribed radius for subsets with convex boundary.
result Sharp upper bounds on inscribed radius for subsets with convex boundary.
New method proves existence of constant mean curvature disks on convex surfaces.
problem Proving existence of constant mean curvature disks on convex surfaces.
method Sacks-Uhlenbeck type perturbation instead of heat flow.
result Existence for all H∈(0,H0) when Σ is convex and has mean curvature bounded below by H0. We use the inverse mean curvature flow with a free boundary perpendicular to the sphere to prove a geometric inequality involving the Willmore energy for convex hypersurfaces of dimension n≥3 with boundary on the sphere.
This article is based on a lecture at the Journal of Differential Geometry Conference, Harvard 2017. We discuss closed and torsion-free G2-structures on a 7-manifold with boundary, with prescribed 3-form on the boundary. Much of the article is based on an observation that there is an intrinsic notion of "mean co…
Alternative solvability criterion for minimal surface equations and mean curvature flow.
problem Solvability of Dirichlet problem for minimal surface equation in non-mean convex domains.
method Introduces a structural condition from a second-order ODE to construct boundary barriers, applicable to unbounded domains and Hadamard manifolds.
result Allows solvability under geometric hypotheses different from classical Jenkins-Serrin theory, applicable to Euclidean space and mean curvature flow.
In this paper, we consider compact free boundary constant mean curvature surfaces immersed in a mean convex body of the Euclidean space or in the unit sphere. We prove that the Morse index is bounded from below by a linear function of the genus and number of boundary components.
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.
Soap films collapse only if their bulk has negative pressure, forming convex shapes.
problem Understanding soap film behavior and collapse conditions.
method Variational analysis of capillarity theory.
result Soap films collapse only if their bulk has negative pressure, forming convex shapes.
Solves a specific Dirichlet problem for Lagrangian mean curvature equations.
problem Solving the Dirichlet problem for Lagrangian mean curvature equations.
method Solves the Dirichlet problem for Lagrangian mean curvature equations on uniformly convex domains.
result Solves the Dirichlet problem for Lagrangian mean curvature equations.
Generalizes rigidity of scalar curvature for convex domains.
problem Rigidity of scalar curvature for convex domains.
method Harmonic spinors on convex domains with boundary conditions constructed by Brendle.
result Rigidity results on comparison of scalar curvature and scaled mean curvature on the boundary for any convex domain.
New Heintze-Karcher inequality helps understand droplet shapes.
problem Characterize the shape of droplets inside smooth containers.
method Obtained a new form of the Heintze-Karcher inequality for mean convex hypersurfaces with boundary on curved substrates.
result New mathematical inequality aids in understanding droplet shapes.
Inverse mean curvature flow converges to a disk in hyperbolic space.
problem Understanding flow behavior in hyperbolic geometry.
method Inverse mean curvature flow with free boundary on geodesic spheres.
result Flow converges to a totally geodesic disk.