arXiv research

We study the Ricci flow for initial metrics which are C^0 small perturbations of the Euclidean metric on R^n. In the case that this metric is asymptotically Euclidean, we show that a Ricci harmonic map heat flow exists for all times, and converges uniformly to the Euclidean metric as time approaches infinity. In provin…

Proves uniqueness of Ricci flow with scaling invariant estimates.

The paper examines how parabolic frequency behaves under Ricci flow and Ricci-harmonic flow on manifolds.

The paper considers the Ricci flow, coupled with the harmonic map flow between two manifolds. We derive estimates for the fundamental solution of the corresponding conjugate heat equation and we prove an analog of Perelman's differential Harnack inequality. As an application, we find a connection between the entropy fu…

The paper establishes a series of gradient estimates for positive solutions to the heat equation on a manifold $M$ evolving under the Ricci flow, coupled with the harmonic map flow between $M$ and a second manifold $N$. We prove Li-Yau type Harnack inequalities and we consider the cases when $M$ is a complete manifold …

We estimate the heat kernel on a closed Riemannian manifold $M$, with $dim(M)\geq 3$, evolving under the Ricci-harmonic map flow and the result depends on some constants arising from a Sobolev imbedding theorem. In a special case, when the scalar curvature satisfies a certain natural inequality, we obtain, as a corolla…

New flow for G2-structures helps find torsion-free structures.

We study the Ricci flow of initial metrics which are C^0-perturbations of the hyperbolic metric on H^n. If the perturbation is bounded in the L^2-sense, and small enough in the C^0-sense, then we show the following: In dimensions four and higher, the scaled Ricci harmonic map heat flow of such a metric converges smooth…

In this article we derive Harnack estimates for conjugate heat kernel in an abstract geometric flow. Our calculation involves a correction term D. When D is nonnegative, we are able to obtain a Harnack inequality. Our abstract formulation provides a unified framework for some known results, in particular including corr…

In this paper, we study the singularities of two extended Ricci flow systems --- connection Ricci flow and Ricci harmonic flow using newly-defined curvature quantities. Specifically, we give the definition of three types of singularities and their corresponding singularity models, and then prove the convergence. In add…

Static spacetimes are stable attractors in a flow equation.

In this paper we study the long time existence of the Ricci-harmonic flow in terms of scalar curvature and Weyl tensor which extends Cao's result \cite{Cao2011} in the Ricci flow. In dimension four, we also study the integral bound of the "Riemann curvature" for the Ricci-harmonic flow generalizing a recently result of…

We prove that if the Ricci curvature is uniformly bounded under the Ricci-Harmonic flow for all times $t$ \in[0, T), then the curvature tensor has to be uniformly bounded as well.

Paper studies heat flow for maps on manifolds, avoiding singularities.

The Liouville theorem is proven for V T-harmonic map heat flow.

Study on biharmonic map heat flow with monotonicity formula.

The paper estimates curvature for a specific flow on manifolds.

Paper studies smoothness of bi-conformal heat flow on 4-manifolds.

Exponential rate of convergence for harmonic heat flow maps.

Study solutions and singularities of G2-structures flows on specific manifolds.

Study heat flow for half-harmonic maps and harmonic maps with free boundary.

Paper studies heat flow for VT harmonic maps on compact manifolds.

New approach to heat flow for half-harmonic maps, related to minimal surfaces.

Study proves short-term existence for harmonic maps under evolving metrics.

We consider smooth, not necessarily complete, Ricci flows, $(M,g(t))_{t\in (0,T)}$ with ${\mathrm{Ric}}(g(t)) \geq -1$ and $| {\mathrm{Rm}} (g(t))| \leq c/t$ for all $t\in (0 ,T)$ coming out of metric spaces $(M,d_0)$ in the sense that $(M,d(g(t)), x_0) \to (M,d_0, x_0)$ as $t\searrow 0$ in the pointed Gromov-Hausdorff…

In this paper, we study monotonicity for the first eigenvalue of a class of $(p,q)$-Laplacian. We find the first variation formula for the first eigenvalue of $(p,q)$-Laplacian on a closed Riemannian manifold evolving by the Ricci-harmonic flow and construct various monotic quantities by imposing some conditions on ini…

Global existence and convergence of heat flow for p-harmonic maps.

The paper studies harmonic map heat flow stability and decay rates.

Paper studies Laplace operator estimates in harmonic map heat flows.

Researchers find stable solutions for heat map flow in higher dimensions.

In this paper, we consider the heat flow for p-pseudoharmonic maps from a closed Sasakian manifold M into a compact Riemannian manifold N. We prove global existence and asymptotic convergence of the solution for the p-pseudoharmonic map heat flow, provided that the sectional curvature of the target manifold N is nonpos…

The paper examines triviality of Ricci-Bourguignon harmonic solitons.

The heat flow for Dirac-harmonic maps on Riemannian spin manifolds is a modification of the classical heat flow for harmonic maps by coupling it to a spinor. It was introduced by Chen, Jost, Sun, and Zhu as a tool to get a general existence program for Dirac-harmonic maps. For source manifolds with boundary they obtain…

Improved Liouville theorems for ancient solutions to V-harmonic map heat flows.

Lipschitz regularity proved for harmonic map heat flows into CAT(0) spaces.

We show an energy convexity along any harmonic map heat flow with small initial energy and fixed boundary data on the unit 2-disk. In particular, this gives an affirmative answer to a question raised by W. Minicozzi asking whether such harmonic map heat flow converges uniformly in time strongly in the W^{1,2}-topology,…

In this paper we give an explicit bound of $Δ_{g(t)}u(t)$ and the local curvature estimates for the Ricci-harmonic flow under the condition that the Ricci curvature is bounded along the flow. In the second part these local curvature estimates are extended to a class of generalized Ricci flow, introduced by the author \…

New heat flow for harmonic maps avoids singularities but not bubbles.

Paper shows no finite time singularities for smooth conformal heat flow of harmonic maps.

Study Liouville theorems for harmonic maps along ancient super Ricci flows.

Harmonic maps from complex plane to hyperbolic space constructed using heat flow.

Study shows Ricci flow's convergence and harmonic map heat flow's long-time existence.

New rigidity result for maps between curved spaces.

Continuous time analysis of bubble formation in harmonic maps.

The paper proves the existence of pseudoharmonic maps with small initial energy.

Proves rigidity of maps between manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.

We establish both local and global well-posedness for the heat flow of polyharmonic maps from $R^n$ to a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary for initial data with small BMO norms.

Study new Einstein-like metrics and their properties.