Ancient solutions appear as blow-up limits in the study of singularities of geometric flows. In the case of planar and space curve shortening I will give an overview of various ancient solutions that have been constructed, and discuss ways in which they can appear as blow-ups.

3 Mar 2023
9:00am - 10:00am
Where
https://hkust.zoom.us/j/96824933414 (Passcode: 542678)
Speakers/Performers
Prof. Sigurd Angenent
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Organizer(S)
Department of Mathematics
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Audience
Alumni, Faculty and staff, PG students, UG students
Language(s)
English
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