A Class of inverse curvature type flows in Rn+1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider an expanding flow of smooth, closed, $(\eta,k)$-convex hypersurfaces in Euclidean $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ with speed $u^{\alpha}\rho^{\delta}\sigma_k^{-\frac{\beta}{k}}(\lambda(\eta))$, where $u, \rho$ are the support function and radical function of the hypersurface, respectively, $\alpha,\delta\in\mathbb{R}^1$, $\beta>0$, $k$ is an integer and $1 \leq k \leq n$, $\eta=Hg-h$, the first Newton transformation of the second fundamental form $h$, $\lambda(\eta)$ denote the eigenvalues of $g^{-1}\eta$. For $\alpha+\delta+\beta\leq 1$, we prove that the flow has a unique smooth and $(\eta,k)$-convex solution for all time, and converges smoothly after normalisation, to a sphere centered at the origin. Moreover, for $\alpha+\delta+\beta< 1$, we prove that the flow with the speed $fu^{\alpha}\rho^{\delta}\sigma_k^{-\frac{\beta}{k}}(\lambda(\eta))$ exists for all time, and converges smoothly after normalisation to a soliton, which is a solution of $fu^{\alpha-1}\rho^{\delta}\sigma_k^{-\frac{\beta}{k}}(\lambda(\eta))=\gamma$, provided that $f$ is a smooth positive function on $\mathbb{S}^n$ and $\gamma$ is a positive constant. What's more, we can use a more general flow to prove the existence of solution to a class of Hessian quotient equations again.