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Proves existence of proper solutions for inverse mean curvature flow.

Study constructs solutions for evolving hypersurfaces using inverse spacetime mean curvature.

Proves higher regularity for anisotropic inverse mean curvature flow.

New boundary condition for weak inverse mean curvature flow in bounded domains.

Study shows how weak inverse anisotropic mean curvature flow behaves at infinity.

By making use of the nice behavior of Hawking masses of slices of a weak solution of inverse mean curvature flow in three dimensional asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds, we are able to show that each slice of the flow is star-shaped after a long time, and then we get the regularity of the weak solution of inverse mean…

The paper proves existence and growth estimates for inverse mean curvature flow and related $p$-Laplacian Green kernel decay.

We introduce a new geometric evolution equation for hypersurfaces in asymptotically flat spacetime initial data sets, that unites the theory of marginally outer trapped surfaces (MOTS) with the study of inverse mean curvature flow in asymptotically flat Riemannian manifolds. A theory of weak solutions is developed usin…

This paper concerns the inverse mean curvature flow of convex hypersurfaces which are Lipschitz in general. After defining a weak solution, we study the evolution of the singularity by looking at the blow-up tangent cone around each singular point. We prove the cone also evolves by the inverse mean curvature flow and e…

This paper extends IMCF theory to Heisenberg group, solving Penrose inequality.

Paper proves mass theorems for nonnegative scalar curvature metrics.

Study on potential behavior in special geometric spaces.

Proves smoothness and star-shapedness of weak IMCF solutions in hyperbolic space.

We consider the inverse mean curvature flow in smooth Riemannian manifolds of the form $([R_{0},\infty)\times S^n,\bar{g})$ with metric $\bar{g}=dr^2+{\vartheta}^2(r)σ$ and non-positive radial sectional curvature. We prove, that for initial mean-convex graphs over $S^n$ the flow exists for all times and remains a graph…

Unified view of monotonicity formulas for inverse mean curvature flow and $p$-capacitary potentials.

3-manifolds with positive scalar curvature and bounded geometry are contractible.

Proves a Minkowski inequality for star-shaped hypersurfaces in warped cylinders.

We derive an upper bound on the waiting time for a variational weak solution to Inverse Mean Curvature Flow in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ to become star-shaped. As a consequence, we demonstrate that any connected surface moving by the flow which is not initially a topological sphere develops a singularity or self-intersection …

A new topological gap theorem improves the systole of 3-manifolds with positive scalar curvature.

We introduce and study generalized $1$-harmonic equations (1.1). Using some ideas and techniques in studying $1$-harmonic functions from [W1] (2007), and in studying nonhomogeneous $1$-harmonic functions on a cocompact set from [W2, (9.1)] (2008), we find an analytic quantity $w$ in the generalized $1$-harmonic equatio…

Using the weak solution of Inverse mean curvature flow, we prove the sharp Minkowski-type inequality for outward minimizing hypersurfaces in Schwarzschild space.

Sharp upper bounds derived for capacities in hyperbolic and Euclidean spaces.

Smooth flows with surgery approximate weak mean curvature flows with spherical and neck-pinch singularities.

Infinity-harmonic functions linked to IMCF clusters, revealing new properties in 2D.

Inverse mean curvature flow converges to a disk in hyperbolic space.

Study proves existence of weak mean curvature flow with contact angle.

Proves uniqueness of geometric flow in various Riemannian manifolds.

In this paper, we first study the behavior of inverse mean curvature flow in Schwarzschild manifold. We show that if the initial hypersurface $Σ$ is strictly mean convex and star-shaped, then the flow hypersurface $Σ_t$ converges to a large coordinate sphere as $t\rightarrow \infty$ exponentially. We also describe an a…

Alternative proof of weak solutions to mean curvature flow using minimizing movements.

The flow of a torus by inverse mean curvature keeps total curvature bounded until singularity.

3D metrics get scalar curvature bounds via IMCF.

We consider the inverse mean curvature flow in Robertson-Walker spacetimes that satisfy the Einstein equations and have a big crunch singularity and prove that under natural conditions the rescaled inverse mean curvature flow provides a smooth transition from big crunch to big bang. We also construct an example showing…

Novel weak solutions for volume-preserving mean curvature flow established.

We study the mean curvature flow with given non-smooth transport term and forcing term, in suitable Sobolev spaces. We prove the global existence of the weak solutions for the mean curvature flow with the terms, by using the modified Allen-Cahn equation that holds useful properties such as the monotonicity formula.

The central object of study of this thesis is inverse mean curvature vector flow of two-dimensional surfaces in four-dimensional spacetimes. Being a system of forward-backward parabolic PDEs, inverse mean curvature vector flow equation lacks a general existence theory. Our main contribution is proving that there exist …

Develops weak formulation for spacelike flows in pseudo-Euclidean space.

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

We study inverse mean curvature flows of starshaped, mean convex hypersurfaces in warped product manifolds with a positive warping factor $\varphi(r)$. If $\varphi'(r)>0$ and $\varphi''(r)\geq 0$, we show that these flows exist for all times, remain starshaped and mean convex. Plus the positivity of $\varphi''(r)$ and …

New varifold solutions for mean curvature flow converge and are unique.

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-…

We study the phase field method for the volume preserving mean curvature flow. Given an initial $C^1$ hypersurface we proved the existence of the weak solution for the volume preserving mean curvature flow via the reaction diffusion equation with a nonlocal term. We also show the monotonicity formula and the density up…

In [8] Gerhardt proves longtime existence for the inverse mean curvature flow in globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds with compact Cauchy hypersurface, which satisfy three main structural assumptions: a strong volume decay condition, a mean curvature barrier condition and the timelike convergence condition. Further…

The paper classifies shapes of translating solitons for a specific flow.

We give a proof that Brakke's mean curvature flow under the unit density assumption is smooth almost everywhere in space-time. More generally, if the velocity is equal in a weak sense to its mean curvature plus some given α-Hölder continuous vector field, then we show C^{2,α} regularity almost everywhere.

We prove that the leaves of an inverse mean curvature flow provide a foliation of a future end of a cosmological spacetime $N$ under the necessary and sufficent assumptions that $N$ satisfies a future mean curvature barrier condition and a strong volume decay condition. Moreover, the flow parameter $t$ can be used to d…

The paper classifies ruled surfaces in a specific space that move in a special way.

We construct a solution to inverse mean curvature flow on an asymptotically hyperbolic 3-manifold which does not have the convergence properties needed in order to prove a Penrose--type inequality. This contrasts sharply with the asymptotically flat case. The main idea consists in combining inverse mean curvature flow …

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…