Convexity of 2-convex translating and expanding solitons to the mean curvature flow in ${\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$

In this paper, inspired by the work of Spruck-Xiao [27] and based partly on a result of Derdziński [11], we prove the convexity of complete 2-convex translating and expanding solitons to the mean curvature flow in ${\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$. More precisely, for $n\ge 3$, we show that any $n$-dimensional complete 2-convex translating solitons are convex, and any $n$-dimensional complete 2-convex self-expanders asymptotic to (strictly) mean convex cones are convex.