Anisotropic Curvature Flow of Immersed Networks

Abstract

AbstractWe consider motion by anisotropic curvature of a network of three curves immersed in the plane meeting at a triple junction and with the other ends fixed. We show existence, uniqueness and regularity of a maximal geometric solution and we prove that, if the maximal time is finite, then either the length of one of the curves goes to zero or the $$L^2$$ L 2 -norm of the anisotropic curvature blows up.