A mean curvature flow is an evolving submanifold M_t whose velocity is equal to its mean curvature. Â Mean curvature flow is in some respects the most natural evolution equation for a moving submanifold: it is the gradient flow of the area functional, as well as the analog of the heat equation for submanifolds. Â The lecture will survey mean curvature flow for a general audience.
Penn Mathematics Colloquium
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 4:30pm
Bruce Kleiner
Courant Institute, NYU