Bi-Halfspace and Convex Hull Theorems for Translating Solitons

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While it is well known from examples that no interesting “halfspace theorem” holds for properly immersed n
-dimensional self-translating mean curvature flow solitons in Euclidean space Rn+1⁠, we show that they must all obey a general “bi-halfspace theorem” (aka “wedge theorem”): two transverse vertical halfspaces can never contain the same such hypersurface. The same holds for any infinite end. The proofs avoid the typical methods of nonlinear barrier construction for the approach via distance functions and the Omori–Yau maximum principle. As an application we classify the closed convex hulls of all properly immersed (possibly with compact boundary) n-dimensional mean curvature flow self-translating solitons Σn in Rn+1 up to an orthogonal projection in the direction of translation. This list is short, coinciding with the one given by Hoffman–Meeks in 1989 for minimal submanifolds: all of Rn⁠, halfspaces, slabs, hyperplanes, and convex compacts in Rn⁠.
Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Mathematics Research Notices
Volume2021
Issue number17
Pages (from-to)13011–13045
ISSN1073-7928
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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