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Otis Chodosh - Generic mean curvature flow

Otis Chodosh, Stanford University

Location:  Zoom
Date & time: Wednesday, 20 September 2023 at 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Otis Chodosh, Stanford

Wednesday, September 20, 3:30-4:30 pm

Title: Generic mean curvature flow

Abstract: Mean curvature flow is the gradient flow of the area functional on submanifolds. In the best-case scenario, it simplifies a submanifold into a set of simple models, but complicated singularities can obstruct our understanding of the flow. I will report on work with Kyeongsu Choi, Christos Mantoulidis, and Felix Schulze proving that "generically" the singularities that arise are much simpler than one might fear.