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A note on the Abresch—Langer conjecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2014

Kai-Seng Chou
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
Xiao-Liu Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China, ([email protected])

Abstract

A saddle-point property of the self-similar solutions in the curve shortening flow was conjectured by Abresch and Langer and confirmed by Au. An improvement on Au's solution is presented.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2014 

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