In this sequel to arXiv:1510.03817, we apply our abstract Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality to prove Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequalities for coupled Yang-Mills energy functions using Sobolev spaces which impose minimal regularity requirements on pairs of connections and sections. The Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient …
We apply our abstract gradient inequalities developed by the authors in arXiv:1510.03817 to prove Lojasiewicz--Simon gradient inequalities for the harmonic map energy function using Sobolev spaces which impose minimal regularity requirements on maps between closed, Riemannian manifolds. Our Lojasiewicz--Simon gradient …
We prove several abstract versions of the Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality for an analytic functional on a Banach space that generalize previous abstract versions of this inequality, weakening their hypotheses and, in particular, the well-known infinite-dimensional version of the gradient inequality due to Lojasie…
Uniqueness of nondegenerate blowups for planar networks shown.
problem Uniqueness of nondegenerate blowups for the motion by curvature of planar networks.
method Proof based on Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality applied to stability properties of critical points of the length functional.
result Uniqueness of nondegenerate compact blowups for the motion by curvature of planar networks.
The elastic flow of curves converges smoothly to a critical point.
problem Smooth convergence of elastic flow of curves.
method Application of Lojasiewicz-Simon inequality.
result Smooth convergence to a critical point.
For any compact Lie group G and closed, smooth Riemannian manifold (X,g) of dimension d≥2, we extend a result due to Uhlenbeck (1985) that gives existence of a flat connection on a principal G-bundle over X supporting a connection with Lp-small curvature, when p>d/2, to the case of a connection with …
The Willmore flow preserves surface volume, leading to convergence to a sphere.
problem Long-term behavior of volume-preserving Willmore flow on surfaces.
method Volume-preserving Willmore flow, blow-up analysis, constrained Lojasiewicz-Simon inequality.
result Smooth solutions exist for spherical surfaces with Willmore energy below 8π and converge to a sphere.
The article analyzes the stability of a curve shortening flow for planar networks.
problem Stability analysis of anisotropic curve shortening flow for planar networks.
method Used Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality to derive stability results.
result For initial data close to an energy minimizer, the flow exists globally and converges to a different energy minimum.
In this note, we prove an L2n-energy gap result for Yang-Mills connections on a principal G-bundle over a compact manifold without using Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality (arXiv:1502.00668).
The paper proves stability and convergence of minimal networks under curvature motion.
problem Stability and convergence of minimal networks under curvature motion.
method Proved Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequalities for minimal networks.
result Motion by curvature starting from networks close to minimal ones exists for all times and smoothly converges.
We study the Riemannian quantiative isoperimetric inequality. We show that direct analogue of the Euclidean quantitative isoperimetric inequality is--in general--false on a closed Riemannian manifold. In spite of this, we show that the inequality is true generically. Moreover, we show that a modified (but sharp) versio…
The paper proves smooth convergence of evolving hypersurfaces to critical points.
problem Analyzing the convergence of evolving hypersurfaces.
method Gradient flow of a functional with a Lojasiewicz-Simon inequality.
result Asymptotic convergence to critical points of the functional.
Study proves Lojasiewicz inequalities for harmonic maps near simple bubble trees.
problem Analyzing harmonic maps near simple bubble trees.
method Proves Lojasiewicz inequalities for harmonic maps close to simple bubble trees.
result Obtains new results on the convergence of harmonic map flow and energy spectrum.
The paper proves a Lojasiewicz inequality for maps from the 2-sphere to itself.
problem Analyzing maps from the 2-sphere to itself using Lojasiewicz inequalities.
method Using Lojasiewicz-Simon inequalities and Topping's repulsion estimates, along with a bubble-tree induction argument.
result Polynomial convergence of weak solutions of harmonic map flow on compact domains.
In this monograph, we develop results on global existence and convergence of solutions to abstract gradient flows on Banach spaces for a potential function that obeys the Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality. We prove a Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality for the Yang-Mills energy functional over closed, smooth Riem…
New functional proves mass positivity for ALE metrics.
problem Proving mass positivity for ALE metrics with Ricci-flat deformations.
method Introduced a new functional λALE and proved its monotonicity and Lojasiewicz-Simon inequality. result Established that small perturbations of Ricci-flat ALE metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature have nonnegative mass.
It is a consequence of the Morse-Bott Lemma on Banach spaces that a smooth Morse-Bott function on an open neighborhood of a critical point in a Banach space obeys a Lojasiewicz gradient inequality with the optimal exponent one half. In this article we prove converses for analytic functions on Banach spaces: If the Loja…
In this article, we introduce a new method (based on Perelman's lambda-functional) to study the stability of compact Ricci-flat metrics. Under the assumption that all infinitesimal Ricci-flat deformations are integrable we prove: (A) a Ricci-flat metric is a local maximizer of lambda in a C^2,alpha-sense iff its Lichne…
Study curves evolving by gradient flow of elastic energy, proving existence, smoothing, and convergence.
problem Evolution of curves with fixed length and clamped boundary conditions.
method Negative L2-gradient flow of elastic energy, existence, parabolic smoothing, constrained Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality. result Convergence to a critical point as time tends to infinity.
The paper studies the convergence of elastic flows of curves into manifolds, proving smooth convergence under certain conditions.
problem The convergence of elastic flows of curves into manifolds.
method Parabolic estimates and Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality.
result Smooth convergence of the flow to critical points under specific conditions.
We characterize the rate of convergence of a converging volume-normalized Yamabe flow in terms of Morse theoretic properties of the limiting metric. If the limiting metric is an integrable critical point for the Yamabe functional (for example, this holds when the critical point is non-degenerate), then we show that the…
In this sequel to [arXiv:1412.4114], we prove an Ld/2 energy gap result for Yang-Mills connections on principal G-bundles, P, over arbitrary, closed, Riemannian, smooth manifolds of dimension d≥2. We apply our version of the Lojasiewicz-Simon gradient inequality [arXiv:1409.1525, arXiv:1510.03815] to rem…
The isoperimetric inequality and related inequalities are explored.
problem Proving the isoperimetric inequality and related inequalities.
method Discussing classical and recent proofs.
result Various proofs of the isoperimetric inequality and Sobolev inequality.
New proof of Willmore inequality using geometric divergence inequality.
problem Proving the Willmore inequality for bounded domains.
method Using a parametric geometric inequality derived from a divergence form geometric differential inequality.
result New proofs of quantitative Willmore-type and weighted Minkowski inequalities.
Lorentz-Finsler geometry reveals new and old inequalities.
problem Finding new inequalities using Lorentz-Finsler geometry.
method Applying reverse Cauchy-Schwarz and reverse triangle inequalities in Lorentz-Finsler geometry.
result Proved new and refined inequalities, including refinements of Aczél's inequality.
The paper derives new inequalities on manifolds and applies them to convex hypersurfaces.
problem Deriving new inequalities on manifolds and convex hypersurfaces.
method Using Fourier theory and geometric implications of Poincare-type inequalities.
result Sharp Minkowski-type inequalities, including stability and Alexandrov-Fenchel inequalities.
The paper proves inequalities on Finsler manifolds under Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Proving (p,q)-Sobolev and Nash inequalities on Finsler metric measure manifolds. method Global p-Poincaré inequality, (p,q)-Sobolev inequality, Nash inequality derivation. result Established global optimal (p,q)-Sobolev inequality with a sharp constant. New inequality on sphere generalizes circle inequality.
problem Generalizing circle inequality to sphere.
method Develops a new inequality on the sphere that incorporates mass center deviation.
result Improves Aubin's inequality and Onofri's inequality.
Paper proves anisotropic Minkowski inequality and related inequalities.
problem Proving anisotropic Minkowski inequality and related inequalities.
method Utilizes a nonlinear potential theoretic approach.
result Sharp anisotropic Minkowski inequality and related inequalities proved.
Explains geometric inequalities for minimal hypersurfaces.
problem Geometric inequalities for minimal hypersurfaces.
method Expository discussion of known inequalities.
result Discussion of classical inequalities for minimal hypersurfaces.
The paper finds new inequalities for convex polygons.
problem Finding precise inequalities for convex polygons.
method Analytic isoperimetric inequalities based on Schur convex functions, followed by Bonnesen-style and inverse Bonnesen-style inequalities.
result Sharp discrete isoperimetric inequalities for planar convex polygons.
The study improves Bochner inequality on Finsler manifolds to derive important inequalities.
problem Improving Bochner inequality on Finsler manifolds to derive new inequalities.
method Using improved Bochner inequality and its integrated form, the study derives a sharp Poincaré-Lichnerowicz inequality, a new proof for logarithmic Sobolev inequality, and an estimate of geodesic ball volumes.
result Derivation of new inequalities and estimates on Finsler manifolds.
The paper proves various inequalities on gradient shrinking Ricci solitons.
problem Understanding geometric inequalities on gradient shrinking Ricci solitons.
method Proving multiple inequalities equivalent on complete gradient shrinking Ricci solitons.
result Various inequalities (Sobolev, logarithmic Sobolev, Schrödinger, etc.) are equivalent on gradient shrinking Ricci solitons.
Sharp inequality found on three-balls for fourth order Sobolev traces.
problem Fourth order Sobolev trace inequality on three-balls.
method Established through equivalence to a third order Sobolev inequality on two-spheres.
result Sharp fourth order Sobolev trace inequality on three-balls.
Sharp inequalities for star bodies in 2D space.
problem Understanding star bodies in 2D space.
method Sharp inequalities for star bodies in R2. result New inequalities and proofs for star bodies.
The paper develops inequalities for log-concave functions and related surface areas.
problem Understanding log-concave functions and their inequalities.
method Establishing new inequalities through f-divergences and functional affine surface areas.
result New inequalities on functional affine surface area and bounds for Kullback-Leibler divergence.
Study on functional inequalities on simple edge spaces.
problem Whether classical functional inequalities hold in simple edge spaces.
method Analyzing Sobolev and Poincaré inequalities, proving optimality of Sobolev constant.
result Optimality result concerning the B-constant of the Sobolev inequality.
Proves inequalities on curved spaces with positive curvature.
problem Proving inequalities on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Analyzes manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and Euclidean volume growth.
result Proves Heisenberg-Pauli-Weyl, Hardy-Sobolev, and Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequalities.
The paper derives inequalities on Finsler manifolds, influenced by their curvatures.
problem Deriving inequalities on Finsler manifolds.
method Local and global geometric inequalities on Riemannian and Finsler manifolds.
result Generalized Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg and Hardy type inequalities on Finsler manifolds.
Paper refines Talagrand inequality on Euclidean spaces.
problem Improving Talagrand inequality for Euclidean spaces.
method Symmetrization and alternative proof methods.
result Several refined functional inequalities derived.
New inequalities for convex curves with multiple geometric factors.
problem Establishing inequalities for convex curves with multiple geometric factors.
method Parametric isoperimetric-type inequalities for closed convex curves with parameter conditions and equality conditions.
result Derived new inequalities and improved versions of existing inequalities.
Alternative proofs for various inequalities on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Various functional inequalities on Riemannian manifolds.
method Generic functional inequality, Riccati pairs, solving Riccati-type ODE.
result Alternative proofs for multiple inequalities, including Hardy-type and Caccioppoli inequalities.
The paper establishes inequalities and gradient estimates for harmonic functions on Finsler measure spaces.
problem Functional and geometric inequalities on Finsler measure spaces.
method Local uniform Poincaré and Sobolev inequalities, mean value inequality, Harnack inequalities, and gradient estimates.
result Global gradient estimates for positive harmonic functions on Finsler measure spaces.
The paper proves a Harnack inequality for heat equations on Finsler metric measure manifolds.
problem Proving a Harnack inequality for positive solutions to heat equations on Finsler metric measure manifolds.
method Volume comparison theorem, weighted Poincaré inequality, local uniform Sobolev inequality, mean value inequalities.
result Derives a Harnack inequality for positive solutions to heat equations.
Extends Riemannian geometry inequalities with sharper estimates.
problem Deriving new inequalities on Riemannian manifolds.
method Investigates advanced Hardy and Rellich-type inequalities on complete noncompact manifolds with weight functions.
result Provides sharper estimates conforming to the geometry and structure of the manifold.
The paper explores how information geometry impacts classical CR inequalities.
problem Deriving and generalizing CR inequalities using information geometry.
method Examining Eguchi's theory and applying Amari-Nagoaka's theory to KL-divergence, and then extending to other divergences.
result Generalized CR inequalities derived from various divergences.
The paper proves inequalities for hypersurfaces in weighted manifolds.
problem Willmore-type inequalities for closed hypersurfaces in weighted manifolds.
method Analyzes weighted manifolds with nonnegative Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature, proving sharp inequalities and characterizing equality cases.
result Derives sharp Willmore-type and Willmore-like inequalities in steady and shrinking gradient Ricci solitons.
Extends Gromov's optimal systolic inequality to manifolds with specific cohomology properties.
problem Finding optimal systolic inequalities for manifolds with complex cohomology structures.
method Extends Gromov's inequality to manifolds with fundamental cohomology classes as cup products of 2-dimensional classes.
result Provides an optimal systolic inequality for a new class of manifolds.