{"article_number":"2109.04233","_id":"10011","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"department":[{"_id":"JuFi"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We propose a new weak solution concept for (two-phase) mean curvature flow which enjoys both (unconditional) existence and (weak-strong) uniqueness properties. These solutions are evolving varifolds, just as in Brakke's formulation, but are coupled to the phase volumes by a simple transport equation. First, we show that, in the exact same setup as in Ilmanen's proof [J. Differential Geom. 38, 417-461, (1993)], any limit point of solutions to the Allen-Cahn equation is a varifold solution in our sense. Second, we prove that any calibrated flow in the sense of Fischer et al. [arXiv:2003.05478] - and hence any classical solution to mean curvature flow - is unique in the class of our new varifold solutions. This is in sharp contrast to the case of Brakke flows, which a priori may disappear at any given time and are therefore fatally non-unique. Finally, we propose an extension of the solution concept to the multi-phase case which is at least guaranteed to satisfy a weak-strong uniqueness principle."}],"main_file_link":[{"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.04233","open_access":"1"}],"publication_status":"submitted","citation":{"apa":"Hensel, S., &#38; Laux, T. (n.d.). A new varifold solution concept for mean curvature flow: Convergence of  the Allen-Cahn equation and weak-strong uniqueness. <i>arXiv</i>. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233</a>","ista":"Hensel S, Laux T. A new varifold solution concept for mean curvature flow: Convergence of  the Allen-Cahn equation and weak-strong uniqueness. arXiv, 2109.04233.","chicago":"Hensel, Sebastian, and Tim Laux. “A New Varifold Solution Concept for Mean Curvature Flow: Convergence of  the Allen-Cahn Equation and Weak-Strong Uniqueness.” <i>ArXiv</i>, n.d. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233\">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233</a>.","ama":"Hensel S, Laux T. A new varifold solution concept for mean curvature flow: Convergence of  the Allen-Cahn equation and weak-strong uniqueness. <i>arXiv</i>. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233\">10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233</a>","short":"S. Hensel, T. Laux, ArXiv (n.d.).","mla":"Hensel, Sebastian, and Tim Laux. “A New Varifold Solution Concept for Mean Curvature Flow: Convergence of  the Allen-Cahn Equation and Weak-Strong Uniqueness.” <i>ArXiv</i>, 2109.04233, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233\">10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233</a>.","ieee":"S. Hensel and T. Laux, “A new varifold solution concept for mean curvature flow: Convergence of  the Allen-Cahn equation and weak-strong uniqueness,” <i>arXiv</i>. ."},"date_published":"2021-09-09T00:00:00Z","ec_funded":1,"article_processing_charge":"No","month":"09","external_id":{"arxiv":["2109.04233"]},"date_updated":"2023-05-03T10:34:38Z","type":"preprint","author":[{"last_name":"Hensel","first_name":"Sebastian","full_name":"Hensel, Sebastian","id":"4D23B7DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-7252-8072"},{"last_name":"Laux","first_name":"Tim","full_name":"Laux, Tim"}],"day":"09","publication":"arXiv","doi":"10.48550/arXiv.2109.04233","project":[{"call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"948819","name":"Bridging Scales in Random Materials","_id":"0aa76401-070f-11eb-9043-b5bb049fa26d"}],"title":"A new varifold solution concept for mean curvature flow: Convergence of  the Allen-Cahn equation and weak-strong uniqueness","status":"public","keyword":["Mean curvature flow","gradient flows","varifolds","weak solutions","weak-strong uniqueness","calibrated geometry","gradient-flow calibrations"],"acknowledgement":"This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 948819), and from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2047/1 – 390685813. The content of this paper was developed and parts of it were written during a visit of the first author to the Hausdorff Center of Mathematics (HCM), University of Bonn. The hospitality and the support of HCM are gratefully acknowledged.","year":"2021","oa_version":"Preprint","oa":1,"date_created":"2021-09-13T12:17:10Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"}