Abstract
In this paper we analyze the Euler implicit scheme for the volume preserving mean curvature flow. We prove the exponential convergence of the scheme to a finite union of disjoint balls with equal volume for any bounded initial set with finite perimeter.
Funding statement: This research was partially supported by the GNAMPA Grant 2018 “Nonlocal geometric flows” and by the GNAMPA Grant 2019 “Variational methods for nonlocal gemetric motions”, both funded by INDAM. E. Spadaro has been supported by the ERC-STG Grant n. 759229 HiCoS “Higher Co-dimension Singularities: Minimal Surfaces and the Thin Obstacle Problem”.
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