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March  2013, 8(1): 9-22. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2013.8.9

A nonlinear partial differential equation for the volume preserving mean curvature flow

Dimitra Antonopoulou 1, and  Georgia Karali 1,

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Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion

Received  September 2011 Published  April 2013

We analyze the evolution of multi-dimensional normal graphs over the unit sphere under volume preserving mean curvature flow and derive a non-linear partial differential equation in polar coordinates. Furthermore, we construct finite difference numerical schemes and present numerical results for the evolution of non-convex closed plane curves under this flow, to observe that they become convex very fast.
Keywords: Nonlinear parabolic equations, geometric evolution equations, normal graphs, volume preserving mean curvature flow, numerics..
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35; Secondary: 3.
Citation: Dimitra Antonopoulou, Georgia Karali. A nonlinear partial differential equation for the volume preserving mean curvature flow. Networks & Heterogeneous Media, 2013, 8 (1) : 9-22. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2013.8.9
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D. C. Antonopoulou, G. D. Karali and I. M. Sigal, Stability of spheres under volume preserving mean curvature flow,, Dynamics of PDE, 7 (2010), 327.   Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

N. D. Alikakos and A. Freire, The normalized mean curvature flow for a small bubble in a Riemannian manifold,, J. Differential Geom., 64 (2003), 247.   Google Scholar

[2]

D. C. Antonopoulou, G. D. Karali and I. M. Sigal, Stability of spheres under volume preserving mean curvature flow,, Dynamics of PDE, 7 (2010), 327.   Google Scholar

[3]

J. Escher and G. Simonett, A center manifold analysis for the mullins-sekerka model,, J. Differential Eq., 143 (1998), 267.  doi: 10.1006/jdeq.1997.3373.  Google Scholar

[4]

J. Escher and G. Simonett, The volume preserving mean curvature flow near spheres,, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 126 (1998), 2789.  doi: 10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04727-3.  Google Scholar

[5]

M. Gage, On an area-preserving evolution equation for plane curves, Nonlinear Problems in Geometry, D. M. DeTurck, editor,, Contemp. Math., 51 (1986), 51.  doi: 10.1090/conm/051/848933.  Google Scholar

[6]

M. Gage and R. Hamilton, The Heat equation shrinking convex plane curves,, J. Differential Geom., 23 (1986), 69.   Google Scholar

[7]

Z. Gang and I. M. Sigal, Neck pinching dynamics under mean curvature flow,, J. Geom. Anal., 19 (2009), 36.  doi: 10.1007/s12220-008-9050-y.  Google Scholar

[8]

M. A. Grayson, The Heat Equation shrinks embedded plane curves to round points,, J. Differential Geom., 26 (1987), 285.   Google Scholar

[9]

G. Huisken, The volume preserving mean curvature flow,, J. Reine Angew. Math., 382 (1987), 35.  doi: 10.1515/crll.1987.382.35.  Google Scholar

[10]

E. Kreyszig, "Differential Geometry,", Dover Publications, (1991).   Google Scholar

[11]

N. Shimakura, "Partial Differential Operators of Elliptic Type,", Translations of Mathematical Monographs, 99 (1992).   Google Scholar

[12]

M. Struwe, Geometric evolution problems. Nonlinear partial differential equations in differential geometry,, IAS/Park City Math. Ser., (1992), 257.   Google Scholar

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