Motion of level sets by mean curvature. II
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- by L. C. Evans and J. Spruck
- Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 330 (1992), 321-332
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1992-1068927-8
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Abstract:
We give a new proof of short time existence for the classical motion by mean curvature of a smooth hypersurface. Our method consists in studying a fully nonlinear uniformly parabolic equation satisfied by the signed distance function to the surfaceReferences
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Bibliographic Information
- © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 330 (1992), 321-332
- MSC: Primary 58E99; Secondary 35K55, 53A07, 58G11
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1992-1068927-8
- MathSciNet review: 1068927