%0 Journal Article
%T A Short Note on Contracting Self-Similar Solutions of the Curve Shortening Flow
%A Lucas Z. Veeravalli
%A Emma H. Veeravalli
%A Alain R. Veeravalli
%J Mathematics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%X By the curve shortening flow, the only closed embedded contracting self-similar solutions are circles: we give a very short and intuitive geometric proof of this basic and classical result using an idea of Gage.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.09052v1