New curvature condition proves rigidity of Bryant Ricci solitons.
problem Proving rigidity of Bryant Ricci solitons.
method Introducing a new curvature-pinching condition and proving rigidity results.
result Rotationally symmetric solutions of steady Ricci solitons are rigid under the new curvature condition.
The paper examines conditions for Ricci solitons to be Ricci flat or Einstein.
problem Conditions for Ricci solitons to be Ricci flat or Einstein.
method Study of evolution equations of scalar and Ricci curvatures under Ricci flow.
result Conditions for Ricci solitons to be Ricci flat or Einstein.
Study new Ricci flow invariant curvature conditions.
problem Topology of manifolds with pinched curvature.
method Provide quantitative evidence for an unpublished conjecture.
result Topology of manifolds with pinched curvature studied.
The paper examines conditions for conformal Ricci solitons on generalized (κ,μ)-space forms.
problem Conditions for conformal Ricci solitons on generalized (κ,μ)-space forms. method Derivation of conditions for solitons to be shrinking, steady, or expanding in terms of conformal pressure p.
result Conditions for a Ricci semi-symmetric generalized (κ,μ)-space form to form an Einstein manifold when equipped with a conformal Ricci soliton. The paper investigates geometrical aspects of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
problem Geometrical properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing conditions and properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons.
result Conditions and properties of static spacetime with almost gradient Ricci solitons are determined.
No expanding breathers found in noncompact Ricci flows with certain curvature conditions.
problem Finding expanding breathers in noncompact Ricci flows.
method Curvature positivity conditions (weak PIC-2 or nonnegative bisectional curvature).
result Complete noncompact expanding breathers are gradient solitons.
Ancient Ricci flows are identified without curvature sign condition.
problem Identifying type II ancient Ricci flows and their backward limits.
method Using a size condition of the sharp log Sobolev functional near infinity.
result Rigidity result for ancient Ricci flows without sign condition on curvatures.
The study finds conditions for Sasakian manifolds and generalised Ricci solitons.
problem Conditions for Sasakian manifolds and generalised Ricci solitons.
method Finding necessary conditions for both Sasakian structures and generalised Ricci solitons on odd-dimensional manifolds.
result Necessary conditions for both Sasakian structures and generalised Ricci solitons on odd-dimensional manifolds.
Special Liouville metrics with Ricci-like conditions are determined by elliptic functions.
problem Characterizing Liouville metrics with Ricci-like conditions in complex space forms.
method Analyzing necessary conditions for induced metrics of parallel mean curvature surfaces and proving the existence of specific Liouville metrics.
result Explicit determination of special Liouville metrics with Ricci-like conditions by elliptic functions.
Note establishes a local maximum principle for Ricci flow under curvature conditions.
problem Preserving nonnegativity of curvature along Ricci flow with unbounded curvature.
method Combining scaling invariant curvature condition with Dirichlet heat kernel estimates.
result Unified and more direct proof of localized maximum principle.
Study of η-Ricci solitons on Kenmotsu 3-manifolds.
problem Exploring η-Ricci solitons on Kenmotsu 3-manifolds. method Examined various types of η-Ricci solitons on Kenmotsu 3-manifolds, including those with specific curvature conditions. result Existence of proper η-Ricci solitons on Kenmotsu 3-manifolds. We simplify and improve the curvature estimates in the paper: On the conditions to extend Ricci flow(II). Furthermore, we develop some volume estimates for the Ricci flow with bounded scalar curvature. These estimates can be applied to study the singularities of the Ricci flow and convergence properties of the Kähler R…
Study of t-Gauduchon Ricci-flat condition under Chern-Ricci flow on non-Kähler manifolds.
problem Investigating the t-Gauduchon Ricci-flat condition on non-Kähler manifolds. method Chern-Ricci flow approach, examples of non-Kähler Calabi-Yau manifolds, and geometric flow analysis.
result Examples of Chern-Ricci flow on non-Kähler Calabi-Yau manifolds that do not preserve the t-Gauduchon Ricci-flat condition. The paper characterizes Clairaut conformal submersions on Ricci solitons.
problem Characterizing Clairaut conformal submersions on Ricci solitons.
method Calculating scalar and Ricci tensors, providing necessary conditions for fibres and base manifolds to be Ricci solitons and Einstein, and solving Poisson equations.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for Clairaut conformal submersions to be harmonic.
The study classifies steady Ricci solitons based on geometric conditions.
problem Characterizing steady Ricci solitons under specific geometric constraints.
method Analyzing geometric conditions and applying them to classify solitons.
result Steady Ricci solitons are classified into specific types based on given conditions.
The paper improves eigenvalue estimates for manifolds with Ricci curvature conditions.
problem Eigenvalue estimates for manifolds with Ricci curvature conditions.
method Proves eigenvalue estimates using a Kato condition on the negative part of Ricci curvature.
result Optimal eigenvalue estimates for Zhong-Yang type and Cheng-type bounds.
The paper explores conformal submersions from Ricci solitons to Riemannian manifolds.
problem Characterizing conformal submersions from Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing properties of the O'Neill tensor, calculating Ricci tensors, and finding necessary conditions for harmonic maps.
result Necessary conditions for fibers and base manifold to be Ricci solitons, almost Ricci solitons, and Einstein.
The paper studies Riemannian maps with Ricci soliton base manifolds.
problem Analyzing Riemannian maps with specific properties of base manifolds.
method Analyzing Riemannian curvature tensor, Ricci tensor, scalar curvature, and necessary conditions for Ricci soliton leaves.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for harmonicity and biharmonicity of Riemannian maps.
Paper proves rigidity for Ricci solitons with specific conditions.
problem Understanding the properties of Ricci solitons under various conditions.
method Analyzes shrinking and expanding Ricci solitons with specific constraints.
result Compact shrinking Ricci solitons are Einstein if the potential function is controlled.
Study Clairaut maps on Kähler manifolds with Ricci solitons, finding curvature and scalar relations.
problem Exploring Clairaut maps on Kähler manifolds with Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing curvature relations, calculating Ricci tensor, and finding conditions for Einstein spaces.
result Conditions for range and kernel spaces to be Einstein and finding scalar curvature for range space.
We give topological conditions to ensure that a noncollapsed almost Ricci-flat 4-manifold admits a Ricci-flat metric. One sufficient condition is that the manifold is spin and has a nonzero A-hat genus. Another condition is that the fundamental group is infinite or, more generally, of sufficiently large cardinality.
A condition for a statistical manifold to have an equiaffine structure is studied. The facts that dual flatness and conjugate symmetry of a statistical manifold are sufficient conditions for a statistical manifold to have an equiaffine structure were obtained in [2] and [3]. In this paper, a fact that a statistical man…
New theorem using Ricci flow for Gromov almost flat manifolds.
problem Conditions for Gromov almost flat manifolds.
method Employing Ricci flow to derive a new theorem.
result New theorem with weaker condition than Gromov--Ruh Theorem.
Paper classifies Einstein-type manifolds with parallel Ricci tensor.
problem Classifying Einstein-type manifolds with specific curvature properties.
method Deduced Bochner-type identity and used it to show rigidity results.
result Found conditions for classifying Einstein-type manifolds with parallel Ricci tensor.
We obtain a Bonnet-Myers theorem under a spectral condition: a closed Riemannian manifold (Mn,g) for which the lowest eigenvalue of the Ricci tensor ρ is such that the Schrödinger operator (n−2)Δ+ρ is positive has finite fundamental group. As a continuation of our earlier results, we obtain isoperimetric inequa…
In this paper, we study the gradient Ricci soliton equation on a complete Riemannian manifold. We show that under a natural decay condition on the Ricci curvature, the Ricci soliton is Ricci-flat and ALE.
We study curvature pinching estimates of Ricci flow on complete 3- dimensional manifolds without bounded curvature assumption. We will derive some general curvature conditions which are preserved on any complete solution of 3-dim Ricci flow, these conditions include nonnegative Ricci curvature and sectional curvature a…
Along a Ricci flow solution on a closed manifold, we show that if Ricci curvature is uniformly bounded from below, then a scalar curvature integral bound is enough to extend flow. Moreover, this integral bound condition is optimal in some sense.
We consider a condition on the Ricci curvature involving vector fields, which is broader than the Bakry-Émery Ricci condition. Under this condition volume comparison, Laplacian comparison, isoperimetric inequality and gradient bounds are proven on the manifold. Specializing to the Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature condition,…
In this article, we introduce a 2-parameter family of affine connections and derive the Ricci curvature. We first establish an integral Bochner technique. On one hand, this technique yields a new proof to our recent work in \cite{LX} for substatic manifolds. On the other hand, this technique leads to various geometri…
Novel boundary conditions for Ricci flow to deform compact manifolds.
problem Deforming compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary using Ricci flow.
method Proposed boundary conditions that make first variations of functionals (Einstein-Hilbert action, lambda-functional) without boundary terms.
result Proof of short-term existence of solutions under proposed conditions.
This note is a study of nonnegativity conditions on curvature which are preserved by the Ricci flow. We focus on specific kinds of curvature conditions which we call noncoercive, these are the conditions for which nonnegative curvature and vanishing scalar curvature doesn't imply flatness. We show that, in dimensions g…
The paper introduces and analyzes pseudo generalized Ricci-recurrent spacetimes in modified gravity.
problem Characterizing and analyzing pseudo generalized Ricci-recurrent spacetimes in modified gravity.
method Introducing and characterizing pseudo generalized Ricci-recurrent spacetimes, proving their properties, and studying their impact under modified gravity scenarios.
result Pseudo generalized Ricci-recurrent spacetimes represent specific spacetime types under modified gravity scenarios.
New formulations for Ricci flows without smoothness.
problem Characterize Ricci flows without smooth solutions.
method Weak formulations of super Ricci flows with saturation condition.
result Generalized formulations for singular settings.
We study Riemannian manifolds with boundary under a lower weighted Ricci curvature bound. We consider a curvature condition in which the weighted Ricci curvature is bounded from below by the density function. Under the curvature condition, and a suitable condition for the weighted mean curvature for the boundary, we ob…
The object of the present paper is to study some types of Ricci pseudosymmetric (LCS)n-manifolds whose metric is Ricci soliton. We found the conditions when Ricci soliton on concircular Ricci pseudosymmetric, projective Ricci pseudosymmetric, W3-Ricci pseudosymmetric, conharmonic Ricci pseudosymmetric, conforma…
In this paper, we study compact generalized τ-quasi Ricci-harmonic metrics. In the first part, we explore conditions under which generalized τ-quasi Ricci-harmonic metrics are harmonic-Einstein and give some characterization results for it. In the second part, we obtain some rigidity results for compact (τ,ρ)-qu…
Unified approach to analysis on Ricci nonnegative manifolds and flows using optimal transport.
problem Generalizing Perelman's functionals to super Ricci flows.
method Optimal transport, Bochner inequality, gradient estimates, EVI.
result Unified condition equivalent to Ricci nonnegativity for smooth evolutions of Riemannian manifolds.
In this paper, we prove some classification results for four-dimensional gradient Ricci solitons. For a four-dimensional gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with div4Rm±=0, we show that it is either Einstein or a finite quotient of R4, S2×R2 or S3×R. T…
Maps from metrics to Ricci curvature are locally invertible near Einstein manifolds.
problem Understanding the invertibility of maps from metrics to Ricci curvature near Einstein manifolds.
method Analyzing the invertibility of maps involving Ricci curvature, conformal classes, and mean curvature.
result The map is locally invertible near an Einstein manifold with boundary.
Ancient Ricci flows with nonnegative curvature operator have bounded entropy.
problem Conditions for bounded entropy in ancient Ricci flows.
method Used Perelman's entropy and Hamilton's trace Harnack inequality.
result Curvature operator nonnegativity is not necessary for bounded entropy.
We introduce a flow of Riemannian metrics over compact manifolds with formal limit at infinite time a shrinking Ricci soliton. We call this flow the Soliton-Ricci flow. It correspond to a Perelman's modified backward Ricci type flow with some special restriction conditions. The restriction conditions are motivated by c…
The paper improves heat equation estimates under weaker Ricci curvature conditions.
problem Improving heat equation estimates under weaker Ricci curvature conditions.
method Establishing Li-Yau-type and Hamilton-type estimates for positive solutions of the heat equation under generalized Ricci flow.
result Deriving Harnack-type inequalities and monotonicity of parabolic frequency.
Study short-time existence of Ricci-DeTurck flow from rough metrics with Morrey-type integrability.
problem Short-time existence of Ricci-DeTurck flow from rough metrics with specific integrability condition.
method Rough existence theory, preservation and improvement of scalar curvature bounds.
result Preservation and improvement of distributional scalar curvature lower bounds under certain conditions.
In this paper, we show existence and uniqueness of Ricci flow whose initial condition is a compact Alexandrov surface with curvature bounded from below. This requires a weakening of the notion of initial condition which is able to deal with a priori non-Riemannian metric spaces. As a by-product, we obtain that the Ricc…
Ricci flow can change metrics with intermediate curvatures.
problem Ricci flow's preservation of curvature conditions.
method Construction of specific homogeneous spaces and Ricci flow evolution.
result Ricci flow can alter metrics with intermediate curvatures, not preserving certain curvature conditions.
Study on Ricci-like solitons on specific geometric manifolds, finding properties and conditions.
problem Characterizing Ricci-like solitons on Sasaki-like almost contact B-metric manifolds.
method Analyzing cases with specific potential fields and studying curvature conditions.
result Found conditions for the potential to have constant length and manifold to be η-Einstein. Ricci flow stability on manifolds with bounded geometry ensures convergence to hyperbolic metrics.
problem Stability and convergence of Ricci flow on manifolds with bounded geometry.
method Continuous dependence on initial conditions, sectoriality of Ricci-DeTurck flow generator, and Hölder norm analysis.
result Ricci flow converges to hyperbolic metrics under certain conditions.