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The Ricci iteration is a discrete analogue of the Ricci flow. We give the first study of the Ricci iteration on a class of Riemannian manifolds that are not Kähler. The Ricci iteration in the non-Kähler setting exhibits new phenomena. Among them is the existence of so-called ancient Ricci iterations. As we show, these …

We study the Ricci iteration for homogeneous metrics on spheres and complex projective spaces. Such metrics can be described in terms of modifying the canonical metric on the fibers of a Hopf fibration. When the fibers of the Hopf fibration are circles or spheres of dimension 2 or 7, we observe that the Ricci iteration…

Study of Ricci iterations on Kähler metrics, proving new theorems.

The Ricci iteration is a discrete analogue of the Ricci flow. According to Perelman, the Ricci flow converges to a Kahler-Einstein metric whenever one exists, and it has been conjectured that the Ricci iteration should behave similarly. This article confirms this conjecture. As a special case, this gives a new method o…

We provide a sufficient condition for the local stability of closed Einstein manifolds of positive Ricci curvature under the Ricci iteration in terms of the spectrum of the Lichnerowicz Laplacian acting on divergence-free tensor fields. We use this result to consider the stability of several Einstein manifolds under th…

In this paper we consider the dynamical system involved by the Ricci operator on the space of Kähler metrics. A. Nadel has defined an iteration scheme given by the Ricci operator for Fano manifold and asked whether it has some nontrivial periodic points. First, we prove that no such periodic points can exist. We define…

Iterates towards Kähler metrics with constant scalar curvature.

In this paper, we introduce the "coupled Ricci iteration", a dynamical system related to the Ricci operator and twisted Kähler-Einstein metrics as an approach to the study of coupled Kähler-Einstein (CKE) metrics. For negative first Chern class, we prove the smooth convergence of the iteration. For positive first Chern…

We prove the existence and uniqueness of Kähler-Einstein metrics on Q-Fano varieties with log terminal singularities (and more generally on log Fano pairs) whose Mabuchi functional is proper. We study analogues of the works of Perelman on the convergence of the normalized Kähler-Ricci flow, and of Keller, Rubinstein on…

The paper estimates curvature for a specific flow on manifolds.

In a recent paper, Darvas-Rubinstein proved a convergence result for the Kahler-Ricci iteration, which is a sequence of recursively defined complex Monge-Ampere equations. We introduce the Monge-Ampere iteration to be an analogous, but more general, sequence of recursively defined real Monge-Ampere second boundary valu…

The paper proves a hierarchy of Liouville theorems for polyharmonic functions on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.

For an embedded submanifold $Σ\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$, Belkin and Niyogi showed that one can approximate the Laplacian operator using heat kernels. Using a definition of coarse Ricci curvature derived by iterating Laplacians, we approximate the coarse Ricci curvature of submanifolds $Σ$ in the same way. For this purpose…

By using the De Giorgi iteration method we will give a new simple proof of the recent result of B.Kotschwar, O.Munteanu, J.Wang [KMW] and N.Sesum [S] on the local boundedness of the Riemmanian curvature tensor of solutions of Ricci flow in terms of its inital value on a given ball and a local uniform bound on the Ricci…

The paper derives new gradient estimates for nonlinear elliptic equations under integral Ricci curvature bounds.

Unified piecewise-linear Ricci flows improve community detection.

In this paper, we first derive a Sobolev inequality along the harmonic-Ricci flow. We then prove a linear parabolic estimate based on the Sobolev inequality and Moser's iteration. As an application, we will obtain an upper bound estimate for the heat kernel under the flow.

Gradient estimates for solutions to a p-Laplacian equation on Riemannian manifolds.

Sharp Liouville theorem for minimal graphs on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.

Paper proves Liouville theorems for harmonic functions under specific curvature bounds.

Paper analyzes solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations on manifolds using Nash-Moser iteration.

Let X be a complex manifold fibered over the base S and let L be a relatively ample line bundle over X. We define relative Kahler-Ricci flows on the space of all Hermitian metrics on L with relatively positive curvature. Mainly three different settings are investigated: the case when the fibers are Calabi-Yau manifolds…

Directly proves Li-Yau estimates on manifolds with negative Ricci curvature.

Consider a compact Lie group $G$ and a closed subgroup $H<G$. Suppose $\mathcal M$ is the set of $G$-invariant Riemannian metrics on the homogeneous space $M=G/H$. We obtain a sufficient condition for the existence of $g\in\mathcal M$ and $c>0$ such that the Ricci curvature of $g$ equals $cT$ for a given $T\in\mathcal …

The existence of \emph{weak conical Kähler-Einstein} metrics along smooth hypersurfaces with angle between $0$ and $2π$ is obtained by studying a smooth continuity method and a \emph{local Moser's iteration} technique. In the case of negative and zero Ricci curvature, the $C^0$ estimate is unobstructed; while in the ca…

We consider the Kähler-Ricci flow $\frac{\partial}{\partial t}g_{i\bar{j}} = g_{i\bar{j}} - R_{i\bar{j}}$ on a compact Kähler manifold $M$ with $c_1(M) > 0$, of complex dimension $k$. We prove the $ε$-regularity lemma for the Kähler-Ricci flow, based on Moser's iteration. Assume that the Ricci curvature and $\int_M |\r…

In this Note we introduce and study dynamical systems related to the Ricci operator on the space of Kahler metrics as discretizations of certain geometric flows. We pose a conjecture on their convergence towards canonical Kahler metrics and study the case where the first Chern class is negative, zero or positive. This …

In this article we construct a canonical Kähler-Einstein current on a LC (log canonical) pairs of log general type as the limit of a sequence of canonical Kähler-Einstein currents on KLT(Kawamata log terminal) pairs of log general type. We call the volume form associated with the canonical Kähler-Einstein current the c…

Uniform estimates prove convergence of Chern-Ricci flow on complex surfaces.

On a polarized manifold $(X,L)$, the Bergman iteration $φ_k^{(m)}$ is defined as a sequence of Bergman metrics on $L$ with two integer parameters $k, m$. We study the relation between the Kähler-Ricci flow $φ_t$ at any time $t \geq 0$ and the limiting behavior of metrics $φ_k^{(m)}$ when $m=m(k)$ and the ratio $m/k$ ap…

The paper proposes a novel method for optimizing bounded functions using Fourier series and Ricci flow.

Study on self-similar sets on Riemannian manifolds with new separation conditions.

Sharp gradient estimates for a weighted p-Laplacian equation on metric measure spaces.

In this article and in its sequel we propose the study of certain discretizations of geometric evolution equations as an approach to the study of the existence problem of some elliptic partial differential equations of a geometric nature as well as a means to obtain interesting dynamics on certain infinite-dimensional …

We show that in any infinitesimally Hilbertian $CD^*(K,N)$-space at almost every point there exists a Euclidean weak tangent, i.e. there exists a sequence of dilations of the space that converges to a Euclidean space in the pointed measured Gromov-Hausdorff topology. The proof follows by considering iterated tangents a…

In a number of physically important cases, the nonholonomically (nonintegrable) constrained Ricci flows can be modelled by exact solutions of Einstein equations with nonhomogeneous (anisotropic) cosmological constants. We develop two geometric methods for constructing such solutions: The first approach applies the form…

The paper provides new gradient estimates for solutions to a nonlinear elliptic equation on smooth metric measure spaces.

The paper uses Nash-Moser iteration to prove gradient estimates for nonlinear equations on Riemannian manifolds.

Improved heat equation estimates without gradient curvature assumption.

In this article, we introduce a mass-decreasing flow for asymptotically flat three-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. This flow is defined by iterating a suitable Ricci flow with surgery and conformal rescalings and has a number of nice properties. In particular, wormholes pinch off and nontrivial spherical s…

The paper establishes gradient estimates and Liouville theorems for Φ-Laplacian equations on Riemannian manifolds.

For positive $p$-harmonic functions on Riemannian manifolds, we derive a gradient estimate and Harnack inequality with constants depending only on the lower bound of the Ricci curvature, the dimension $n$, $p$ and the radius of the ball on which the function is defined. Our approach is based on a careful application of…

We study Betti numbers of sequences of Riemannian manifolds which Benjamini-Schramm converge to their universal covers. Using the Price inequalities we developed elsewhere, we derive two distinct convergence results. First, under a negative Ricci curvature assumption and no assumption on sign of the sectional curvature…

Langevin MCMC samples efficiently from Riemannian manifolds with geometric Euler-Murayama analysis.

Gradient estimates derived for solutions of a specific elliptic equation on Riemannian manifolds.

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, $W_{3}$-Ricci pseudosymmetric, conharmonic Ricci pseudosymmetric, conforma…

The paper examines conditions for Ricci solitons to be Ricci flat or Einstein.

Study stability and instability of Ricci-flat metrics under generalized Ricci flow.