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arXiv:2207.03879 (math)
[Submitted on 8 Jul 2022]

Title:Type-0 singularities in the network flow -- Evolution of trees

Authors:Carlo Mantegazza, Matteo Novaga, Alessandra Pluda
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Abstract:The motion by curvature of networks is the generalization to finite union of curves of the curve shortening flow. This evolution has several peculiar features, mainly due to the presence of junctions where the curves meet. In this paper we show that whenever the length of one single curve vanishes and two triple junctions coalesce, then the curvature of the evolving networks remains bounded. This topological singularity is exclusive of the network flow and it can be referred as a Type-0 singularity, in contrast to the well known Type-I and Type-II ones of the usual mean curvature flow of smooth curves or hypersurfaces, characterized by the different rates of blow up of the curvature. As a consequence, we are able to give a complete description of the evolution of tree-like networks till the first singular time, under the assumption that all the tangents flows have unit multiplicity. If the lifespan of such solutions is finite, then the curvature of the network remains bounded and we can apply the results by Ilmanen-Neves-Schulze/Lira-Mazzeo-Pluda-Saez to restart the flow after the singularity.
Comments: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1611.08254
Subjects: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
Cite as: arXiv:2207.03879 [math.DG]
  (or arXiv:2207.03879v1 [math.DG] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.03879

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From: Alessandra Pluda [view email]
[v1] Fri, 8 Jul 2022 13:10:38 UTC (34 KB)
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