9781584882138
The Curve Shortening Problem - Kai Seng Chou, Xi-Ping Zhu
CRC Press (2001)
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Curves on surfaces, Electronic Books, Flows (Differentiable Dynamical Systems), Hamiltonian systems

Although research in curve shortening flow has been very active for nearly 20 years, the results of those efforts have remained scattered throughout the literature. For the first time, The Curve Shortening Problem collects and illuminates those results in a comprehensive, rigorous, and self-contained account of the fundamental results. The authors present a complete treatment of the Gage-Hamilton theorem, a clear, detailed exposition of Grayson's convexity theorem, a systematic discussion of invariant solutions, applications to the existence of simple closed geodesics on a surface, and a new, almost convexity theorem for the generalized curve shortening problem. Many questions regarding curve shortening remain outstanding. With its careful exposition and complete guide to the literature, The Curve Shortening Problem provides not only an outstanding starting point for graduate students and new investigations, but a superb reference that presents intriguing new results for those already active in the field.

Product Details
LoC Classification QA643 .C48 2000
Dewey 516.352
No. of Pages 280
Height x Width 240 x 16 mm