On spiral solutions to generalized crystalline motion with a rotating tip motion

Abstract

In our previous paper we proposed a crystalline motion of spiral-shaped polygonal curves with a tip motion as a simple model of a step motion on a crystal surface under screw dislocation and discussed global existence of spiral solutions to the proposed model. In this paper we extend the previous results for generalized crystalline curvature flow with a suitable tip motion. We show that solution curves never intersect a trajectory of a tip and has no self-intersections. We also show that any facet never disappear during time evolution. Finally we show a time-global existence of the spiral-shaped solutions.