Paper · Sep 20, 2026

Convergence of cohomogeneity-one Lagrangian mean curvature flow in positive Kähler-Einstein manifolds

Naotoshi Fujihara, Toru Kajigaya, Albert Wood

math.DGWider flowsarXiv:2609.23627
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We prove that Lagrangian mean curvature flow starting from a closed, embedded, cohomogeneity-one Lagrangian in a closed, positive Kähler–Einstein manifold exists for all time, remains embedded, and converges smoothly and graphically to a minimal Lagrangian, under natural exactness and regularity assumptions. We also study the generalised Lagrangian mean curvature flow of Behrndt in Kähler manifolds which are almost-Einstein in the sense that the Ricci form satisfies , and which satisfy . With analogous assumptions on the flow, we obtain subconvergence to an -minimal Lagrangian submanifold, with an upgrade to smooth graphical convergence in the case that is analytic. The proof proceeds by first reducing the flow to a weighted curve shortening flow on a compact two-dimensional orbifold. We then establish both a Grayson-type description of finite-time singularities and a long-time subconvergence theorem for weighted curve shortening flow in the orbifold setting. Finally, we use a Łojasiewicz–Simon inequality argument to upgrade to smooth convergence of the full flow.

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