{ "id": "2411.18284", "version": "v1", "published": "2024-11-27T12:16:08.000Z", "updated": "2024-11-27T12:16:08.000Z", "title": "Existence of curvature flow with forcing in a critical Sobolev space", "authors": [ "Yuning Liu", "Yoshihiro Tonegawa" ], "comment": "24 pages, comment welcome!", "categories": [ "math.AP", "math.DG" ], "abstract": "Suppose that a closed $1$-rectifiable set $\\Gamma_0\\subset \\mathbb R^2$ of finite $1$-dimensional Hausdorff measure and a vector field $u$ in a dimensionally critical Sobolev space are given. It is proved that, starting from $\\Gamma_0$, there exists a non-trivial flow of curves with the velocity given by the sum of the curvature and the given vector field $u$. The motion law is satisfied in the sense of Brakke and the flow exists through singularities.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2024-11-27T12:16:08.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "53E10", "49Q15" ], "keywords": [ "curvature flow", "vector field", "dimensional hausdorff measure", "motion law", "dimensionally critical sobolev space" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 24, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }