https://neckpinch.com/authors/connor-olson/New arXiv papers by Connor Olson, from Neckpinch Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:43:57 GMT https://neckpinch.com/papers/2204.05253/arxiv:2204.05253Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTYongzhe Zhang, Connor Olson, Ilyas Khan, Sigurd Angenent — We construct an ancient solution to planar curve shortening. The solution is at all times compact and embedded. For t≪0 it is approximated by the rotating Yin-Yang soliton, truncated at a finite angle α(t) = −t, and closed off by a small copy of the Grim Reaper translating soliton.Curve shorteningAncient solutionsSelf-shrinkers & translators