Curvature-zero propagation conjecture for eternal triod blow-ups

Let Tt\mathbb T^\infty_{\mathfrak t} be an eternal evolution by curvature of an unbounded embedded triod, curve, or curve with a single endpoint, and let its curvature be defined along each curve. Curvature-zero propagation conjecture. If the curvature is zero at some point of Tt\mathbb T^\infty_{\mathfrak t}, then it is zero everywhere along the curve containing that point. These conjectures concern the structure of blow-up limits at Type II singularities. The source presents this as unresolved; proving it would provide a convexity-type property useful for excluding such singularities.

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Carlo Mantegazza, Matteo Novaga and Vincenzo Maria Tortorelli, “Motion by Curvature of Planar Networks”, arXiv:math/0302164 (2003).

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