Numerical study of a flow of regular planar curves that develop singularities at finite time
Abstract
In this paper, we will study the following geometric flow, obtained by Goldstein and Petrich while considering the evolution of a vortex patch in the plane under Euler's equations, Xt = -ks n - (1/2) k2 T, with s being the arc-length parameter and k the curvature. Perelman and Vega proved that this flow has a one-parameter family of regular solutions that develop a corner-shaped singularity at finite time. We will give a method to reproduce numerically the evolution of those solutions, as well as the formation of the corner, showing several properties associated to them.
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