On the free boundary of surfaces with bounded mean curvature: the non-perpendicular case

H?lder continuity up to the free boundary is proved for minimizing solutions if they meet the supporting surface in an angle which is bounded away from zero. The problem is localized by proving the continuity of the distance function, a result which is also true for stationary points. Received: 14 April 1998     

A remark on hypersurfaces with isolated singularities

In this article, we give a higher dimensional analogue of Severi’s result that the singular points of nodal hypersurfaces of degree m in the projective space impose linearly independent conditions on forms of degree d ≥ 2m−5 in .This work has been partially supported by KOSEF Grant R01-2005-000-10771-0.     

Mean curvature flow singularities for mean convex surfaces

We study the evolution by mean curvature of a smooth n–dimensional surface , compact and with positive mean curvature. We first prove an estimate on the negative part of the scalar curvature of the surface. Then we apply this result to study the formation of singularities by rescaling techniques, showing that there exists a sequence of rescaled flows converging to a smooth limit flow of surfaces with nonnegative scalar curvature. This gives a classification of the possible singular behaviour for mean convex surfaces in the case . Received July 11,1997 / Accepted November 14, 1997     

A Note on surfaces with parallel mean curvature

We use a Simons type equation in order to characterize complete non-minimal pmc surfaces with non-negative Gaussian curvature.     

Evolution of nonparametric surfaces with speed depending on curvature II. The mean curvature case

We consider an evolution which starts as a flow of smooth surfaces in nonparametric form propagating in space with normal speed equal to the mean curvature of the current surface. The boundaries of the surfaces are assumed to remain fixed. G. Huisken has shown that if the boundary of the domain over which this flow is considered satisfies the “mean curvature” condition of H. Jenkins and J. Serrin (that is, the boundary of the domain is convex “in the mean”) then the corresponding initial boundary value problem with Dirichlet boundary data and smooth initial data admits a smooth solution for all time. In this paper we consider the case of arbitrary domains with smooth boundaries not necessarily satisfying the condition of Jenkins-Serrin. In this case, even if the flow starts with smooth initial data and homogeneous Dirichlet boundary data, singularities may develop in finite time at the boundary of the domain and the solution will not satisfy the boundary condition. We prove, however, existence of solutions that are smooth inside the domain for all time and become smooth up to the boundary after elapsing of a sufficiently long period of time. From that moment on such solutions assume the boundary values in the classical sense. We also give sufficient conditions that guarantee the existence of classical solutions for all time t ≧ 0. In addition, we establish estimates of the rate at which solutions tend to zero as t → ∞.     

Minimal surfaces with isolated singularities

For n3, there exists an embedded minimal hypersurface in Rⁿ⁺¹ which has an isolated singularity but which is not a cone. Each example constructed here is asymptotic to a given, completely arbitrary, nonplanar minimal cone and is stable in case the cone satisfies a strict stability inequality.Research partially supported by the National Science Foundation     

Isoperimetric inequalities for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature

In this paper, we provide various Sobolev-type inequalities for smooth nonnegative functions with compact support on a submanifold with variable mean curvature in a Riemannian manifold whose sectional curvature is bounded above by a constant. We further obtain the corresponding linear isoperimetric inequalities involving mean curvature. We also provide various first Dirichlet eigenvalue estimates for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature.     

Isoperimetric inequalities for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature

In this paper, we provide various Sobolev-type inequalities for smooth nonnegative functions with compact support on a submanifold with variable mean curvature in a Riemannian manifold whose sectional curvature is bounded above by a constant. We further obtain the corresponding linear isoperimetric inequalities involving mean curvature. We also provide various first Dirichlet eigenvalue estimates for submanifolds with bounded mean curvature.     

A remark on the mean curvature of a graph-like hypersurface in hyperbolic space

In this paper we investigate the mean curvature H of a radial graph in hyperbolic space Hn+1. We obtain an integral inequality for H, and find that the lower limit of H at infinity is less than or equal to 1 and the upper limit of H at infinity is more than or equal to −1. As a byproduct we get a relation between the n-dimensional volume of a bounded domain in an n-dimensional hyperbolic space and the (n−1)-dimensional volume of its boundary. We also sharpen the main result of a paper by P.-A. Nitsche dealing with the existence and uniqueness of graph-like prescribed mean curvature hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.     

A remark on the liftable derivation of moduli algebras of isolated hypersurface singularities

An example is given to show that not every derivation in the nilradical of the Lie algebra of derivations of moduli algebras can be liftable and the dimension of the nilradical of the Lie algebra of derivations of moduli algebras is not a topological invariant for an isolated hypersurface singularity.

     

A density function and the structure of singularities of the mean curvature flow

We study singularity formation in the mean curvature flow of smooth, compact, embedded hypersurfaces of non-negative mean curvature in ⁿ⁺¹, primarily in the boundaryless setting. We concentrate on the so-called Type I case, studied by Huisken in [Hu 90], and extend and refine his results. In particular, we show that a certain restriction on the singular points covered by his analysis may be removed, and also establish results relating to the uniqueness of limit rescalings about singular points, and to the existence of slow-forming singularities of the flow.The main new ingredient introduced, to address these issues, is a certain density function, analogous to the usual density function in the study of harmonic maps in the stationary setting. The definition of this function is based on Huisken's important monotonicity formula for mean curvature flow.