Fattening dichotomy conjecture for mean curvature flow translators

Let T[Σ0]T[\Sigma_0] denote the level-set flow associated with the translator Σ0\Sigma_0, and suppose that T[Σ0]T[\Sigma_0] fattens. A complete translator is called unstable or \mathcal{I}-stable according to the stability notion used in the source. Fattening dichotomy conjecture. If T[Σ0]T[\Sigma_0] fattens, then either there exists an unstable complete translator in the interior of T[Σ0]T[\Sigma_0], or T[Σ0]T[\Sigma_0] admits a foliation by complete I\mathcal{I}-stable translators. The conjecture describes the proposed alternatives when fattening occurs; the source gives no resolution, so both alternatives remain open in general.

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Ao Sun and Zhihan Wang, “On mean curvature flow translators with prescribed ends”, arXiv:2301.08224 (2025).

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