Lagrangian mean curvature flow in pseudo-Euclidean space

Abstract

The author establishes the long-time existence and convergence results of the mean curvature flow of entire Lagrangian graphs in the pseudo-Euclidean space, which is related to the logarithmic Monge-Ampère flow.

Keywords

Indefinite metric / Self-expanding solution / Interior Schauder estimates / Logarithmic Monge-Ampère flow

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