Quantitative index bounds for translators via topology

We obtain a quantitative estimate on the generalised index of translators for the mean curvature flow with bounded norm of the second fundamental form. The estimate involves the dimension of the space of weighted square integrable f -harmonic 1-forms. By the adaptation to the weighted setting of Li–...

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Published inMathematische Zeitschrift Vol. 292; no. 1-2; pp. 513 - 527
Main Authors Impera, Debora, Rimoldi, Michele
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Curvature
Hyperspaces
Interpreters
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Stability
Topology
Translators
53C42
Number of ends
Translators
Index estimates
Genus
53C21
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Summary:We obtain a quantitative estimate on the generalised index of translators for the mean curvature flow with bounded norm of the second fundamental form. The estimate involves the dimension of the space of weighted square integrable f -harmonic 1-forms. By the adaptation to the weighted setting of Li–Tam theory developed in previous works, this yields estimates in terms of the number of ends of the hypersurface when this is contained in a upper halfspace with respect to the translating direction. When there exists a point where all principal curvatures are distinct we estimate the nullity of the stability operator. This permits to obtain quantitative estimates on the stability index via the topology of translators with bounded norm of the second fundamental form which are either two-dimensional or (in higher dimension) have finite topological type and are contained in a upper halfspace.
ISSN:0025-5874
1432-1823
DOI:10.1007/s00209-019-02276-y