Surveys in Differential Geometry · 2007 · 18 citations · 34 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsFluid DynamicsDifferential GeometryLagrangian DynamicsLagrangian MechanicsPartial Differential EquationsRiemannian GeometryConvergenceCurvatureGeometric FlowsGlobal Existence TheoryLagrangian SubmanifoldsMean CurvatureMean Curvature FlowSingularities
We review some recent results on the mean curvature flows of Lagrangian submanifolds from the perspective of geometric partial differential equations. These include global existence and convergence results, characterizations of first-time singularities, and constructions of self-similar solutions.
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Motion of level sets by mean curvature. I
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