Back to Departmental Colloquium: Spring 2015
Departmental Colloquium
Date: Thursday, Mar 12, 2015
Time: 4:00PM
Location: LCB 219
Bruce Kleiner
New York University
Title |
Mean curvature flow |
Abstract |
A mean curvature flow is an evolving submanifold M_t whose velocity is equal to its mean curvature. 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. The lecture will survey mean curvature flow for a general audience. |
Topology