Generic multiplicity-one convergence conjecture for mean curvature flow

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Let NN be a Riemannian manifold and let (M(t))t>0(M(t))_{t>0} be a mean curvature flow starting from a generic closed hypersurface. A long-time limit has multiplicity 11 if it occurs with multiplicity one; otherwise, the hypersurface may break into different connected components, with each component converging to a multiplicity-11 limit. Generic multiplicity-one convergence conjecture. Starting from a generic closed hypersurface in a Riemannian manifold, either the long-time limit has multiplicity 11, or the hypersurface breaks into different connected components, and each one of the connected components converges to a multiplicity 11 limit. This is motivated by the generic multiplicity-11 property in min-max theory. The examples in the paper show that higher-multiplicity convergence can occur, so the conjecture concerns its expected nongeneric nature.

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Jingwen Chen and Ao Sun, “Mean curvature flow with multiplicity 2 convergence in closed manifolds”, arXiv:2402.04521 (2025).

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