# Self-similar solutions to the curve shortening flow

@article{Halldorsson2012SelfsimilarST,
title={Self-similar solutions to the curve shortening flow},
journal={Transactions of the American Mathematical Society},
year={2012},
volume={364},
pages={5285-5309}
}
• Published 9 July 2010
• Mathematics
• Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
We give a classification of all self-similar solutions to the curve shortening flow in the plane.
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