Constrained curvature flows on pinched Hadamard surfaces
We study area- and length-preserving curvature flows for embedded closed curves on pinched Hadamard surfaces. In the variable-curvature setting, the evolution equations contain additional lower-order terms, so the PDE analysis requires refined comparison arguments and delicate curvature estimates. For smooth convex initial curves, we prove preservation and instantaneous strictness of convexity, long-time existence, and uniform bounds for the curvature and its higher derivatives. Under additional geometric assumptions, we obtain convergence of the curvature to a constant. In the rotationally symmetric case, the area-preserving flow exhibits a dichotomy: either the evolving curves converge exponentially to a geodesic circle, or they drift off to infinity and approach a constant-curvature limit curve. We also identify a geometric condition on the initial curve that prevents escape to infinity and guarantees convergence to a geodesic circle.
Authors
- Esther Cabezas-Rivas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-7056)
- Sara Albert-Niclòs
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Differential Equations
- Published
- 2026-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2026.114817
- Primary Topic
- Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Regional Development Fund
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación