The standard-flow simplex conjecture for symmetric convex ancient solutions

Let XsX_s be the space of point-symmetric convex hypersurfaces, let I(h0,h1)I(h_0,h_1) be the invariant set cut out by the Huisken-energy bounds h0h_0 and h1h_1, and let Is(h0,h1)I_s(h_0,h_1) denote its point-symmetric part. Write

Δn={(a0,,an)Rn+1ai0, a0++an=1}\Delta_n=\left\{(a_0,\ldots,a_n)\in{\mathbb R}^{n+1}\mid a_i\geq0,\ a_0+\cdots+a_n=1\right\}

for the standard nn-simplex, and let στ\sigma^\tau be the standard flow on Δn1\Delta_{n-1}. For n2n\geq2, suppose that 0<h0<H(Σn)0<h_0<{\mathcal H}(\Sigma^n) and H(Σ1)<h1<2{\mathcal H}(\Sigma^1)<h_1<2.

Standard-flow simplex conjecture. The invariant set

Is(h0,h1)/SOn+1=I(h0,h1)Xs/SOn+1I_s(h_0,h_1)/{\mathrm{SO}}_{n+1}=I(h_0,h_1)\cap X_s/{\mathrm{SO}}_{n+1}

is homeomorphic to an (n1)(n-1)-dimensional simplex, and the semiflow ϕt\phi^t on this quotient is topologically conjugate to the standard flow on Δn1\Delta_{n-1}.

This conjecture is motivated by uniqueness results for ancient mean-curvature-flow solutions and by the paper's shadowing and dynamical results, but the supplied text gives no proof of the full homeomorphism and conjugacy.

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Sigurd Angenent, Panagiota Daskalopoulos and Natasa Sesum, “Dynamics of Convex Mean Curvature Flow”, arXiv:2305.17272 (2023).

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