Flat flow solution to the mean curvature flow with volume constraint
Abstract
In this paper I will revisit the construction of a global weak solution to the volume preserving mean curvature flow via discrete minimizing movement scheme by Mugnai, Seis and Spadaro [L. Mugnai, C. Seis and E. Spadaro, Global solutions to the volume-preserving mean-curvature flow, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations 55 2016, 1, Article ID 18]. This method is based on the gradient flow approach due to Almgren, Taylor and Wang [F. Almgren, J. E. Taylor and L. Wang, Curvature-driven flows: a variational approach, SIAM J. Control Optim. 31 1993, 2, 387–438] and Luckhaus and Sturzenhecker [S. Luckhaus and T. Sturzenhecker, Implicit time discretization for the mean curvature flow equation, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations 3 1995, 2, 253–271] and my aim is to replace the volume penalization with the volume constraint directly in the discrete scheme, which from practical point of view is perhaps more natural. A technical novelty is the proof of the density estimate which is based on second variation argument
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Published
2024
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Peer reviewed
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1864-8258
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/acv-2023-0047
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English
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Advances in Calculus of Variations
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- Julin, V. (2024). Flat flow solution to the mean curvature flow with volume constraint. Advances in Calculus of Variations, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1515/acv-2023-0047
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Research Council of Finland
Research Council of Finland
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Research costs of Academy Research Fellow, AoF
Academy Project, AoF
Akatemiatutkijan tutkimuskulut, SA
Akatemiahanke, SA

Additional information about funding
The author is supported by the Academy of Finland, grants no. 314227 and no. 347550.
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