Anisotropic mean curvature flow of Lipschitz graphs and convergence to self-similar solutions

We consider the anisotropic mean curvature flow of entire Lipschitz graphs. We prove existence and uniqueness of expanding self-similar solutions which are asymptotic to a prescribed cone, and we characterize the long time behavior of solutions, after suitable rescaling, when the initial datum is a sublinear perturbation of a cone. In the case of regular anisotropies, we prove the stability of self-similar solutions asymptotic to strictly mean convex cones, with respect to perturbations vanishing at infinity. We also show the stability of hyperplanes, with a proof which is novel also for the isotropic mean curvature flow.

Minimizing movements for forced anisotropic mean curvature flow of partitions with mobilities

Under suitable assumptions on the family of anisotropies, we prove the existence of a weak global 1/(n+1)-Hölder continuous in time mean curvature flow with mobilities of a bounded anisotropic partition in any dimension using the method of minimizing movements. The result is extended to the case when suitable driving forces are present. We improve the Hölder exponent to 1/2 in the case of partitions with the same anisotropy and the same mobility and provide a weak comparison result in this setting for a weak anisotropic mean curvature flow of a partition and an anisotropic mean curvature two-phase flow.

On a free boundary value problem for the anisotropic N-Laplace operator on an N−dimensional ring domain

In this paper we are going to investigate a free boundary value problem for the anisotropic N-Laplace operator on a ring domain \Omega : = {\Omega _0}\backslash {\bar \Omega _1} \subset {\mathbb{R}^N}, N ≥ 2. Our aim is to show that if the problem admits a solution in a suitable weak sense, then the underlying domain Ω is a Wulff shaped ring. The proof makes use of a maximum principle for an appropriate P-function, in the sense of L.E. Payne and some geometric arguments involving the anisotropic mean curvature of the free boundary.

An Efficient Semi-Analytical Solution of a One-Dimensional Curvature Equation that Describes the Human Corneal Shape

In this paper, a numerical approach is proposed to find a semi analytical solution for a prescribed anisotropic mean curvature equation modeling the human corneal shape. The method is based on an integral operator that is constructed in terms of Green’s function coupled with the implementation of Picard’s or Mann’s fixed point iteration schemes. Using the contraction principle, it will be shown that the method is convergent for both fixed point iteration schemes. Numerical examples will be presented to demonstrate the applicability, efficiency, and high accuracy of the proposed method.