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   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-023-01952-y  

   Huang, Jiaxi; Tataru, Daniel (January 2024, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis)

   Abstract The skew mean curvature flow is an evolution equation forddimensional manifolds embedded in$${\mathbb {R}}^{d+2}$$ $R^{d+2}$(or more generally, in a Riemannian manifold). It can be viewed as a Schrödinger analogue of the mean curvature flow, or alternatively as a quasilinear version of the Schrödinger Map equation. In an earlier paper, the authors introduced a harmonic/Coulomb gauge formulation of the problem, and used it to prove small data local well-posedness in dimensions$$d \geqq 4$$ $d\geqq 4$. In this article, we prove small data local well-posedness in low-regularity Sobolev spaces for the skew mean curvature flow in dimension$$d\geqq 2$$ $d\geqq 2$. This is achieved by introducing a new, heat gauge formulation of the equations, which turns out to be more robust in low dimensions. 

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2. Continuum limit of 2D fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

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   Choi, Brian; Aceves, Alejandro (March 2023, Journal of Evolution Equations)

   Abstract We prove that the solutions to the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with non-local algebraically decaying coupling converge strongly in$$L^2({\mathbb {R}}^2)$$ $L^2\left(R^2\right)$to those of the continuum fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation, as the discretization parameter tends to zero. The proof relies on sharp dispersive estimates that yield the Strichartz estimates that are uniform in the discretization parameter. An explicit computation of the leading term of the oscillatory integral asymptotics is used to show that the best constants of a family of dispersive estimates blow up as the non-locality parameter$$\alpha \in (1,2)$$ $\alpha \in (1,2)$approaches the boundaries. 

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3. Counterexamples to maximal regularity for operators in divergence form

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-024-02014-9  

   Bechtel, Sebastian; Mooney, Connor; Veraar, Mark (August 2024, Archiv der Mathematik)

   Abstract In this paper, we present counterexamples to maximal$$L^p$$ $L^p$-regularity for a parabolic PDE. The example is a second-order operator in divergence form with space and time-dependent coefficients. It is well-known from Lions’ theory that such operators admit maximal$$L^2$$ $L^2$-regularity on$$H^{-1}$$ $H^{-1}$under a coercivity condition on the coefficients, and without any regularity conditions in time and space. We show that in general one cannot expect maximal$$L^p$$ $L^p$-regularity on$$H^{-1}(\mathbb {R}^d)$$ $H^{-1}\left(R^d\right)$or$$L^2$$ $L^2$-regularity on$$L^2(\mathbb {R}^d)$$ $L^2\left(R^d\right)$. 

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4. Spherical convex hull of random points on a wedge

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-023-02704-9  

   Besau, Florian; Gusakova, Anna; Reitzner, Matthias; Schütt, Carsten; Thäle, Christoph; Werner, Elisabeth_M (August 2023, Mathematische Annalen)

   Abstract Consider two half-spaces$$H_1^+$$ $H_1^{+}$and$$H_2^+$$ $H_2^{+}$in$${\mathbb {R}}^{d+1}$$ $R^{d+1}$whose bounding hyperplanes$$H_1$$ $H_1$and$$H_2$$ $H_2$are orthogonal and pass through the origin. The intersection$${\mathbb {S}}_{2,+}^d:={\mathbb {S}}^d\cap H_1^+\cap H_2^+$$ $S_{2,+}^d:=S^d\cap H_1^{+}\cap H_2^{+}$is a spherical convex subset of thed-dimensional unit sphere$${\mathbb {S}}^d$$ $S^d$, which contains a great subsphere of dimension$$d-2$$ $d-2$and is called a spherical wedge. Choosenindependent random points uniformly at random on$${\mathbb {S}}_{2,+}^d$$ $S_{2,+}^d$and consider the expected facet number of the spherical convex hull of these points. It is shown that, up to terms of lower order, this expectation grows like a constant multiple of$$\log n$$ $logn$. A similar behaviour is obtained for the expected facet number of a homogeneous Poisson point process on$${\mathbb {S}}_{2,+}^d$$ $S_{2,+}^d$. The result is compared to the corresponding behaviour of classical Euclidean random polytopes and of spherical random polytopes on a half-sphere. 

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5. Mean curvature flow from conical singularities

   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-024-01296-8  

   Chodosh, Otis; Daniels-Holgate, J M; Schulze, Felix (December 2024, Inventiones mathematicae)

   Abstract We prove Ilmanen’s resolution of point singularities conjecture by establishing short-time smoothness of the level set flow of a smooth hypersurface with isolated conical singularities. This shows how the mean curvature flow evolves through asymptotically conical singularities. Precisely, we prove that the level set flow of a smooth hypersurface$$M^{n}\subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$$ $M^n\subset R^{n+1}$,$$2\leq n\leq 6$$ $2\le n\le 6$, with an isolated conical singularity is modeled on the level set flow of the cone. In particular, the flow fattens (instantaneously) if and only if the level set flow of the cone fattens. 

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