The curve shortening flow with parallel 1-form

preprint2012arXivOpen access

Abstract

Let MM be a closed Riemannian manifold with a parallel 1-form ΩΩ. We prove two theorems about the curve shortening flow in MM. One is that the {\csf} $\ct$ in MM exists for all tt in [0,∞)[0, \infty), if it satisfies Ω(T)≥0Ω(T)\geq 0 on the initial curve $\co$. Here TT is the unit tangent vector on $\co$. The other one is about the convergence. It says that in a closed {\Rm} M~\tilde{M}, assume the curve shortening flow $\ct$ exists for all t∈[0,∞)t\in[0,\infty) and its length converges to a positive limit, then $ \lim\limits_{t\rightarrow\infty}max_{\ct}|\nabla^{m}A|^{2}=0$ for all m=0,1,...m=0,1,.... Here AA denotes the second fundamental form of $\ct$ in M~\tilde{M}.

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