On mean curvature flow with forcing
On mean curvature flow with forcing
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带强迫的平均曲率流
DOI:
10.1080/03605302.2019.1695262
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Dohyun Kwon
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文献类型:
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作者:
Inwon C. Kim;Dohyun Kwon
Abstract This paper investigates geometric properties and well-posedness of a mean curvature flow with volume-dependent forcing. With the class of forcing which bounds the volume of the evolving set away from zero and infinity, we show that a strong version of star-shapedness is preserved over time. More precisely, it is shown that the flow preserves the ρ-reflection property, which corresponds to a quantitative Lipschitz property of the set with respect to the nearest ball. Based on this property we show that the problem is well-posed and its solutions starting with ρ-reflection property become instantly smooth. Lastly, for a model problem, we will discuss the flow’s exponential convergence to the unique equilibrium in Hausdorff topology. For the analysis, we adopt the approach developed by Feldman-Kim to combine viscosity solutions approach and variational method. The main challenge lies in the lack of comparison principle, which accompanies forcing terms that penalize small volume.