A distance comparison principle for curve shortening flow with free boundary
Abstract
We introduce a reflected chord-arc profile for curves with orthogonal boundary condition and obtain a chord-arc estimate for embedded free boundary curve shortening flows in a convex planar domain. As a consequence, we are able to prove that any such flow either converges in infinite time to a (unique) ``critical chord'', or contracts in finite time to a ``round half-point'' on the boundary.
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