Ancient solutions to the Curve Shortening Flow spanning the halfplane

Ma, John

doi:10.1090/tran/8353

Ancient solutions to the Curve Shortening Flow spanning the halfplane
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Abstract:

In this note we construct an infinite family of compact ancient solutions to the Curve Shortening Flow which span the halfplane.

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