Homotopy of area decreasing maps by mean curvature flow |
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Authors: | Andreas Savas-Halilaj Knut Smoczyk |
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Institution: | 1. Institut für Differentialgeometrie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany;2. Institut für Differentialgeometrie and Riemann Center for Geometry and Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany |
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Abstract: | Let f:M→N be a smooth area decreasing map between two Riemannian manifolds (M,gM) and (N,gN). Under weak and natural assumptions on the curvatures of (M,gM) and (N,gN), we prove that the mean curvature flow provides a smooth homotopy of f to a constant map. |
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Keywords: | 53C44 53C42 57R52 35K55 |
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