Mathematical Physics Seminar

The mean curvature flow appears naturally in the motion of interfaces in material science, physics and biology. It also arises in geometry and has found its applications in topological classification of surfaces. In this talk I will discuss recent results on formation of singularities under this flow. In particular, I will describe the 'spectral' picture of singularity formation and sketch the proof the neck pinching results obtained jointly with Zhou Gang and Dan Knopf.