The study extends convergence theorems for Ricci-limit spaces with bounded curvature.
problem Understanding convergence properties of Ricci-limit spaces with bounded curvature.
method Establishing C1,α-regularities and applying Fukaya's fibration theorem. result Optimal generalization of Fukaya's fibration theorem to C1,α limit spaces. The study proposes conjectures on limit spaces of Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature.
problem Understanding the regularity of limit spaces of Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature.
method Synthetic treatment of lower bounds on Ricci curvature for metric measure spaces.
result Several conjectures on the regularity of limit spaces.
Ricci limit spaces are semi-locally simply connected.
problem Understanding the topological properties of Ricci limit spaces.
method Demonstrating that for any loop in a specified radius, it can be contracted within a larger radius.
result Ricci limit spaces are semi-locally simply connected.
New examples show non-integer Hausdorff dimensions in collapsing spaces.
problem Understanding Hausdorff dimensions in collapsing Ricci limit spaces.
method Provided examples of spaces with irregular Hausdorff dimensions.
result Hausdorff dimension of singular set exceeds regular set's dimension.
Study the topology of Ricci limit spaces using Gromov-Hausdorff limits.
problem Topology of Ricci limit spaces.
method Gromov-Hausdorff limits, slice theorem for isometric pseudo-group actions, uniform diameter bounds.
result Established semi-locally simply connected property and described universal cover.
Optimal diameter estimates for 3D spaces with non-negative Ricci curvature.
problem Estimating the diameter of 3D spaces with non-negative Ricci curvature.
method Proving positive scalar curvature passes to Ricci limit spaces of non-negative curvature.
result Optimal Bonnet-Myers upper bound for 3D spaces.
We study the behavior under Gromov-Hausdorff convergence of the spectrum of weighted $\barpartial$-Laplacian on compact Kähler manifolds. This situation typically occurs for a sequence of Fano manifolds with anticanonical Kähler class. We apply it to show that, if an almost smooth Fano-Ricci limit space admits a Kähler…
2-regular points found in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bound.
problem Characterizing points in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bound.
method Analyzing measured Gromov-Hausdorff limits of Riemannian manifolds.
result 2-regular points in interior geodesics of limit spaces are 2-rectifiable.
Study on positive scalar curvature and its impact on Ricci limit spaces.
problem The influence of uniformly positive scalar curvature on Ricci limit spaces.
method Investigates uniformly positive scalar curvature on non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
result Proves a limit space splits at most n-2 lines or R-factors.
New examples of Ricci limit spaces with mixed tangent cones.
problem Constructing Ricci limit spaces with mixed tangent cones.
method For any integers m≥n≥3, construct a Ricci limit space X_{m,n} with specific tangent cones.
result Found a new example of Ricci limit space with mixed tangent cones.
The study proves compactness and structure of Ricci flow limits.
problem Understanding the structure of Ricci flow limits.
method Weak compactness theorem and structure theory development.
result Ricci flow limit spaces have a regular part with smooth convergence and a singular set of high codimension.
New examples of manifolds in tangent cones of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
problem Uncertainty in homeomorphism types of tangent cones of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
method Construction of limit spaces in all dimensions at least 5.
result Any finite collection of manifolds can appear as cross sections of tangent cones of the same point.
We use Ricci flow to obtain a local bi-Holder correspondence between Ricci limit spaces in three dimensions and smooth manifolds. This is more than a complete resolution of the three-dimensional case of the conjecture of Anderson-Cheeger-Colding-Tian, describing how Ricci limit spaces in three dimensions must be homeom…
In this paper, we study the structure of the pointed-Gromov-Hausdorff limits of sequences of Ricci shrinkers. We define a regular-singular decomposition following the work of Cheeger-Colding for manifolds with a uniform Ricci curvature lower bound, and prove that the regular part of any Ricci shrinker limit space is co…
Study shows local topologies of certain geometric spaces.
problem Local topological properties of geometric spaces.
method Analysis of Gromov-Hausdorff limits of manifolds with bounded Ricci curvature.
result Local b1 vanishes for regular loci in limits of non-collapsed manifolds. Study confirms conjectures on Ricci limit spaces and their topological properties.
problem Understanding the topological structure of noncollapsed Ricci limit spaces.
method Analysis of tangent cones and application of manifold recognition theorems.
result Cross-sections of tangent cones at points in 4D spaces are homeomorphic to a fixed spherical space form.
Novel Ricci flow normalization for homogeneous spaces, focusing on flag manifolds.
problem Understanding the limiting behavior and symmetry properties of Ricci flow on homogeneous spaces.
method Introducing a novel normalization for the homogeneous Ricci flow and characterizing Gromov-Hausdorff limits.
result Full classification of Gromov-Hausdorff limits and detailed phase portraits for three-isotropy-summands flag manifolds.
In this paper, we explore the limit structure of a sequence of Riemannian manifolds with Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature bounded below in the Gromov-Hausdorff topology. By extending the techniques established by Cheeger-Cloding for Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below, we prove that each tangent space at…
I survey some of the developments in the theory of Ricci flow and its applications from the past decade. I focus mainly on the understanding of Ricci flows that are permitted to have unbounded curvature in the sense that the curvature can blow up as we wander off to spatial infinity and/or as we decrease time to some s…
Study shows properties of Gromov-Hausdorff limit of frame bundles for non-collapsed manifolds.
problem Characterizing the Gromov-Hausdorff limit of orthonormal frame bundles of non-collapsed manifolds with bounded Ricci curvature.
method Analysis of the Gromov-Hausdorff limit space of orthonormal frame bundles equipped with an almost canonical metric.
result The singular set of the limit space has codimension ≥4 and the complement contains an open and dense C1,α-Riemannian manifold. We construct a global homeomorphism from any 3D Ricci limit space to a smooth manifold, that is locally bi-Holder. This extends the recent work of Miles Simon and the second author, and we build upon their techniques. A key step in our proof is the construction of local "pyramid Ricci flows", existing on uniform region…
The paper analyzes graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature bounds and applies to non-collapsed spaces.
problem Analyzing spectral properties of graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature constraints.
method Quantitative bounds on eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of graph Laplacians constructed from random variables on manifolds with uniform lower Ricci curvature bounds.
result Spectral convergence of graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature bounds and in non-collapsed spaces.
Study inradius collapsed manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds, proving properties of their limits.
problem Characterizing limits of inradius collapsed manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analyzing families of manifolds with specific curvature and boundary conditions, proving properties of the limits.
result Limits of inradius collapsed manifolds have at most two boundary components and a lower Ricci curvature bound.
Limits of manifolds with Kato bound on Ricci curvature are rectifiable.
problem Understanding limits of manifolds with specific curvature bounds.
method Proving rectifiability of limits of manifolds with Kato bound on Ricci curvature.
result Rectifiability of limits of manifolds with Kato bound on Ricci curvature.
Researchers create metrics on spheres with Ricci curvature ≥1, limiting to Grushin hemisphere.
problem Constructing metrics with Ricci curvature ≥1 on spheres.
method Sequence of Riemannian metrics on Sm+n with Ric≥1. result Gromov-Hausdorff limit of the sequence is the Grushin hemisphere.
We consider Riemannian 4-manifolds that Gromov-Hausdorff converge to a lower dimensional limit space, with the Ricci tensor going to zero. Among other things, we show that if the limit space is two dimensional then under some mild assumptions, the limiting four dimensional geometry away from the curvature blowup region…
In this paper we study elliptic PDEs on compact Gromov-Hausdorff limit spaces of Riemannian manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds. In particular we establish continuities of geometric quantities, which include solutions of Poisson's equations, eigenvalues of Schrodinger operators, generalized Yamabe constants and…
Study on Ricci flows of awesome homogeneous spaces, proving finite extinction time.
problem Understanding the long-time behavior of Ricci flows on homogeneous spaces.
method Analyzing Ricci flows on non-compact manifolds, focusing on finite extinction time.
result Ricci flows on non-contractible spaces have finite extinction time, confirming conjecture.
New examples show strong Kato limits can be branching and not satisfy known conditions.
problem Exploring the boundaries of strong Kato limits and their properties.
method Constructing specific examples of non-collapsed strong Kato limits.
result Found examples of strong Kato limits that are branching and do not satisfy CD(K,∞) or MCP(K,N) conditions. Study collapsing Calabi-Yau metrics and flows on fiber spaces.
problem Understanding the behavior of Calabi-Yau metrics and flows during collapsing.
method Analyzing the collapsing of Calabi-Yau metrics and Kähler-Ricci flows on fiber spaces.
result Identify the collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limit and bounds for Hausdorff measure.
Paper reconciles different Ricci flow approaches and proves weak solutions.
problem Proving weak solutions for Ricci flows with singularities.
method Introducing a novel hitting estimate for Brownian motion, compensating for lack of lower heat kernel bounds.
result Every noncollapsed limit of Ricci flows and singular Ricci flows are weak solutions.
We prove a Lipschitz-Volume rigidity theorem for the non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limits of manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below. This is a counterpart of the Lipschitz-Volume rigidity in Alexandrov geometry.
The study establishes conditions for orientability in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Conditions for orientability in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Equivalent characterizations of orientability using Ricci limit and RCD spaces.
result Four-manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below and volume non-collapsing are uniformly locally orientable.
Let X be a non-collapsing Ricci limit space and let x∈X. We show that for any ε>0, there is r>0 such that every loop in Bt(x) is contractible in B(1+ε)t(x), where t∈(0,r]. In particular, X is semi-locally simply connected.
Perimeter minimizers in curved spaces have a singular set no more than 5 dimensions.
problem Understanding the structure of minimizers in spaces with bounded Ricci curvature.
method Analysis of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces with two-sided curvature bounds.
result The Hausdorff dimension of the singular set is at most \(N-5\).
Study of splitting maps in Type I Ricci flows for understanding singular set structure.
problem Understanding the structure of the singular set in non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
method Construction and investigation of almost splitting maps on Ricci flows that are almost self-similar.
result Sharp splitting maps remain splitting maps at smaller scales under certain conditions.
New energy functional bounds Ricci flows on ancient spaces.
problem Bounding Ricci flows on ancient spaces.
method Introducing a dynamical energy functional on compact ancient asymptotically Ricci-flat Ricci flows.
result Provides an upper bound for the ordinary λ-functional.
The paper studies the limits and rigidity of almost homogeneous spaces with Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Understanding the limits and rigidity of almost homogeneous spaces with Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analyzes sequences of almost homogeneous RCD(K,N) spaces and their Gromov-Hausdorff limits.
result The Gromov-Hausdorff limit of a sequence of almost homogeneous RCD(K,N) spaces is a nilpotent Lie group with Ric ≥ K.
We show that non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limits of polarized Kahler manifolds, with Ricci curvature bounded below, are normal projective varieties, and the metric singularities of the limit space are precisely given by a countable union of analytic subvarieties. This extends a fundamental result of Donaldson-Sun, in…
In this paper we study the evolution of almost non-negatively curved (possibly singular) three dimensional metric spaces by Ricci flow. The non-negatively curved metric spaces which we consider arise as limits of smooth Riemannian manifolds (M_i,g_i), i \in N, whose Ricci curvature is not less than -c^2(i), where c^2(i…
Study proves uniqueness of asymptotic limits for specific manifolds.
problem Proving uniqueness of asymptotic limits for Ricci-flat manifolds with linear volume growth.
method Established using natural curvature and cross section assumptions.
result Uniqueness and exponential convergence rate for complete noncollapsed Ricci-flat manifolds with linear volume growth.
In this paper, we study the structure of the limit space of a sequence of almost Einstein manifolds, which are generalizations of Einstein manifolds. Roughly speaking, such manifolds are the initial manifolds of some normalized Ricci flows whose scalar curvatures are almost constants over space-time in the L1-sense,…
4-manifolds with Ricci curvature bounds can be approximated by non-manifold spaces.
problem Existence of manifold structure in 4-manifolds with Ricci curvature bounds.
method Constructing 4-rectifiable metric spaces that are limits of manifolds with Ricci curvature bounds.
result 4-manifolds can be approximated by spaces that are nowhere topologically manifolds.
We show that if X is a limit of n-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below and γ is a limit geodesic in X then along the interior of γ same scale measure metric tangent cones Tγ(t)X are Hölder continuous with respect to measured Gromov-Hausdorff topology and have the same dimen…
We prove a new kind of estimate that holds on any manifold with lower Ricci bounds. It relates the geometry of two small balls with the same radius, potentially far apart, but centered in the interior of a common minimizing geodesic. It reveals new, previously unknown, properties that all generalized spaces with a lowe…
We define a notion of a measured length space X having nonnegative N-Ricci curvature, for N finite, or having infinity-Ricci curvature bounded below by K, for K a real number. The definitions are in terms of the displacement convexity of certain functions on the associated Wasserstein space P_2(X) of probability measur…
Sharp bound on singular set dimension for specific geometric problems.
problem Hausdorff dimension of singular set in free boundary problems.
method Analysis of noncollapsed limits of manifolds with Ricci curvature bounds.
result Dimension bound of singular set is n−5. We investigate the Kahler-Ricci flow on holomorphic fiber spaces whose generic fiber is a Calabi-Yau manifold. We establish uniform metric convergence to a metric on the base, away from the singular fibers, and show that the rescaled metrics on the fibers converge to Ricci-flat Kahler metrics. This strengthens previous…