Selected Topics in Geometric Analysis

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A major theme in this study is the mean curvature flow, especially for Lagrangian surfaces. Along the flow, surface area decreases; so the surface evolves with time toward an equilibrium - a so called minimal surface, provided the flow exists smoothly for all time and eventually converges. A soap film spanning a metal wire is a minimal surface. Minimal surfaces are of fundamental importance in geometry and in physics - in general relativity, string theory, and mirror symmetry. Lagrangian geometry has its root in Hamiltonian mechanics. The mean curvature flow provides a promising method to construct and understand Lagrangian minimal surfaces. However, like other geometric heat flows, mean curvature flows typically become irregular in a finite time; in other words, the evolving surfaces become more and more singular. Therefore it is crucial to study the behavior of the flow near these singularities. Soliton solutions have been introduced in the literature for this purpose, and studying these special solutions is one focus of the proposal.