Abstract:
We consider the evolution of curves with fixed end points along the curve lenght extremizing flow. These curves are embedded in Riemannian manifolds or in Lorentzian manifolds. If the curvature is uniformly bounded, we can prove long time existence and convergence to geodesics. Such a uniform bound can be established under natural assumptions on the manifold.
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