Ricci flows with bounded scalar curvature cannot develop Type I singular points.
problem Ricci flows with bounded scalar curvature
method Local singularity analysis
result Scalar curvature must blow up at a Type I rate at each Type I point
New metrics found on orbifold resolutions with specific curvature.
problem Finding metrics with constant scalar curvature on orbifolds.
method Constructing metrics on resolutions of orbifolds with type I singularities.
result Constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics constructed on resolutions.
The paper extends Ricci flow theory with Type-I scalar curvature bounds, proving entropy convergence and characterizing singular sets.
problem Extending Ricci flow theory with Type-I scalar curvature bounds.
method Type-I rescaling procedure and entropy analysis of conjugate heat kernels.
result Entropy of Ricci flow solutions converges to soliton entropy, characterizing singular sets.
Study finite time singularities in Ricci flow with bounded scalar curvature.
problem Understanding finite time singularities in Ricci flow with bounded scalar curvature.
method Analyzing blow-up sequences of locally Type I singularities.
result Every blow-up sequence of a locally Type I singularity has a specific property.
Local singularity analysis for Ricci flows with applications to bounded scalar curvature.
problem Understanding the nature of singularities in Ricci flows.
method Local singularity analysis, introducing Type I and Type II singular points, and proving curvature blow-up rates.
result Ricci curvature must blow up at least at a Type I rate near singular points of a Ricci flow.
The main result of this paper is: Given any constant C, there is (ε,k,L) such that if a complete, orientable, noncompact odd-dimensional manifold with bounded positive sectional curvature contains a (ε,k,L)-neck, then the asymptotic scalar curvature ratio is bigger or equal to C. As a application we proved that the…
Constructs two types of Eguchi-Hanson metrics with negative scalar curvature.
problem Creating metrics with negative scalar curvature.
method Constructed two types of Eguchi-Hanson metrics.
result Found metrics with negative scalar curvature.
Study geometric structure of Ricci shrinker ends without global curvature assumptions.
problem Understand the geometric structure of Ricci shrinker ends without global curvature constraints.
method Analyze blow-up sequences of Ricci shrinkers at points with Type I scalar curvature bound, extending F-convergence theory.
result Limits of Ricci shrinkers at points with Type I scalar curvature bound split a line in four dimensions.
We construct examples of spherical space forms (S3/Γ,g) with positive scalar curvature and containing no stable embedded minimal surfaces, such that the following happens along the Ricci flow starting at (S3/Γ,g): a stable embedded minimal two-sphere appears and a non-trivial singularity occurs. We also give in d…
We show that an eternal solution to a complete, locally conformally flat Yamabe flow, ∂t∂g=−Rg, with uniformly bounded scalar curvature and positive Ricci curvature at t=0, where the scalar curvature assumes its maximum is a gradient steady soliton. As an application of that, we study t…
Constructs a new type of metric for elliptic surfaces.
problem Finding a canonical metric on elliptic surfaces.
method Explicit construction of semi-flat constant scalar curvature Kähler current.
result Uniqueness of the semi-flat cscK current under certain conditions.
We show that a complete Riemannian manifold has finite topological type (i.e., homeomorphic to the interior of a compact manifold with boundary), provided its Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor has a positive lower bound, and either of the following conditions: (i) the Ricci curvature is bounded from above; (ii) the Ricci curvat…
In this paper, we study curvature behavior at the first singular time of solution to the Ricci flow on a smooth, compact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold M, ∂t∂gij=−2Rij for t∈[0,T). If the flow has uniformly bounded scalar curvature and develops Type I singularities at T, us…
Study classifies bubbles of Type I singularities in Kähler-Ricci flow on compact surfaces.
problem Classifying bubbles of Type I singularities in Kähler-Ricci flow.
method Analyzes shrinking gradient Kähler-Ricci solitons and their underlying complex manifolds.
result Proves strong form of Feldman-Ilmanen-Knopf conjecture for compact surfaces.
In this paper, we show that if the mean curvature of a closed smooth embedded mean curvature flow in R^3 is of type-I, then the rescaled flow at the first finite singular time converges smoothly to a self-shrinker flow with multiplicity one. This result confirms Ilmanen's multiplicity-one conjecture under the assumptio…
Ancient solutions of Ricci flow with Type I growth are classified.
problem Understanding ancient solutions of Ricci flow with specific curvature growth.
method Analyzing ancient solutions with Type I curvature growth in arbitrary dimensions.
result Ancient solutions with Type I growth are classified into specific types.
The Kähler-Ricci flow's singularities are analyzed with bounds and convergence results.
problem Understanding the singularities and behavior of the Kähler-Ricci flow.
method Li-Yau type and Harnack estimates for weighted Ricci potential functions.
result Finite time singularities are shown to sub-converge to ancient solutions on analytic normal varieties.
Study on ancient Ricci flows with positive curvature, proving noncollapsedness.
problem Characterizing ancient Ricci flows with positive sectional curvature.
method Analyzing complete and noncompact Type I ancient Ricci flows with positive sectional curvature.
result Ancient solutions are noncollapsed on all scales in complete and noncompact cases, and in even-dimensional closed cases.
The purpose of this article is to examine the possible shapes of type I singularities that form in the mean curvature flow of submanifolds of arbitrary codimension, assuming that the initial submanifold satisfies a particular curvature pinching condition.
Study of Lagrangian mean curvature flow with equivariant symmetry.
problem Understanding singularities in Lagrangian mean curvature flow.
method Structural theorems about blowups of finite-time singularities.
result Classification of singularities in equivariant case.
In this paper, we prove that the mean curvature blows up at the same rate as the second fundamental form at the first singular time T of any compact, Type I mean curvature flow. For the mean curvature flow of surfaces, we obtain similar result provided that the Gaussian density is less than two. Our proofs are based …
Proves properties of free boundary stable MOTS in spacetimes.
problem Topology of black hole spacetimes in manifolds with boundary.
method Initial data version of Hawking's theorem, foliation by MOTS, vanishing null second fundamental form.
result Compact free boundary stable MOTS in initial data sets with boundary are of positive Yamabe type.
We define Type I singularities for the mean curvature flow associated to a density ψ (ψMCF) and describe the blow-up at singular time of these singularities. Special attention is paid to the case where the singularity come from the part of the ψ-curvature due to the density. We describe a family of curves whose e…
Let (M,g,φ) be a solution to the Ricci flow coupled with the heat equation for a scalar field φ. We show that a complete, κ-noncollapsed solution (M,g,φ) to this coupled Ricci flow with a Type I singularity at time T<∞ will converge to a non-trivial Ricci soliton after parabolic rescaling, if the base po…
Ancient convex solutions to flow equations are limited to simple shapes.
problem Characterizing ancient convex solutions to flow equations.
method Analyzing mean curvature flow and curvature functions of convex hypersurfaces.
result Ancient convex solutions to flow equations are limited to spherical, cylindrical, or planar shapes.
In this short paper, we show there do not exist three-dimensional noncompact κ-solutions of Ricci flow that have positive curvature and satisfy a Type-I bound. This represents progress towards the proof of Perelman's conjecture that the only complete noncompact three-dimensional κ-solution with positive curvature i…
We consider Type I Ricci flows and obtain integral estimates for the curvature tensor valid up to, and including, the singular time. Our estimates partially extend to higher dimensions a curvature estimate recently shown to hold in dimension three by Kleiner and Lott. To do this we adapt the technique of quantitative s…
Sharp Li-Yau equality proven for shrinking Ricci solitons without curvature assumptions.
problem Classifying shrinking Ricci solitons without curvature or volume restrictions.
method Proving the sharp Li-Yau equality for conjugate heat kernel on shrinking Ricci solitons.
result Several estimates and classification of four-dimensional, non-compact shrinking Ricci solitons.
The study classifies manifolds based on their geometric properties and invariants.
problem Classifying manifolds based on their geometric and topological properties.
method Analyzing metrics through isometric embeddings and deformations, considering scalar curvature, Ricci tensor, and Einstein metrics.
result The KW type classification of manifolds and sigma invariant calculations.
We define several notions of singular set for Type I Ricci flows and show that they all coincide. In order to do this, we prove that blow-ups around singular points converge to nontrivial gradient shrinking solitons, thus extending work of Naber. As a by-product we conclude that the volume of a finite-volume singular s…
Motivated by recent proposals for a de Sitter version of the AdS/CFT correspondence, we give some topological restrictions on spacetimes of de Sitter type, i.e., spacetimes with Λ>0, which admit a regular past and/or future conformal boundary. For example we show that if Mn+1, n≥2, is a globally hyperbolic…
Level set flow's singularities are type I under 2-convexity, leading to specific curvature blow-up rates.
problem Understanding the nature and behavior of singularities in level set flow.
method Analytical approach using Lojasiewicz inequality and curvature blow-up rates.
result The arrival time is C2 near a critical point if and only if it satisfies a Lojasiewicz inequality. 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.
In a singular Type I Ricci flow, we consider a stratification of the set where there is curvature blow-up, according to the number of the Euclidean factors split by the tangent flows. We then show that the strata are characterized roughly in terms of the decay rate of their volume, which in our context plays the role o…
We study mean curvature flow of smooth, axially symmetric surfaces in R3 with Neumann boundary data. We show that all singularities at the first singular time must be of type I.
Study shows curvature behavior for Kähler-Ricci flow with finite singularities.
problem Analyzing curvature behavior in Kähler-Ricci flow with finite singularities.
method Assumption of holomorphic map and rational cohomology class, proving L4-like estimate and Type I curvature. result Proves L4-like estimate on Ricci curvature and Type I curvature in L2-sense. Study ancient solutions on noncompact steady Ricci solitons, proving types of ancient solutions.
problem Classify ancient solutions on noncompact steady gradient Ricci solitons.
method Apply Perelman's L-geodesic theory to analyze blow-down solutions. result Prove that compact split ancient solutions are of type I.
We prove uniform curvature estimates for homogeneous Ricci flows: For a solution defined on [0,t] the norm of the curvature tensor at time t is bounded by the maximum of C(n)/t and C(n)(scal(g(t))−scal(g(0))). This is used to show that solutions with finite extinction time are Type I, immortal solutions ar…
The curvature-dimension condition implies a new weighted scalar curvature.
problem Studying the properties of the n-volumic scalar curvature. method Using the curvature-dimension condition mCD(κ,n) and smGH-convergence. result The stability of n-volumic scalar curvature ≥κ under smGH-convergence. Study curvature properties of G2 connections with skew-symmetric torsion.
problem Investigate curvature identities and solitons on G2 manifolds. method Analyzes curvature identities and properties of G2 connections with skew-symmetric torsion. result Characterizes conditions for curvature to be symmetric and Ricci flat.
Paper establishes a relation between Berwald scalar curvature and S-curvature.
problem Understanding the relationship between Finsler metrics' curvature properties.
method Proved conditions for isotropic Berwald scalar curvature and weakly isotropic S-curvature.
result Finsler metrics with isotropic Berwald scalar curvature have weakly isotropic S-curvature.
The paper examines Randers metrics with isotropic scalar curvature properties.
problem Characterizing Randers metrics with specific scalar curvature properties.
method Analyzes properties of Randers metrics with isotropic scalar curvature.
result Proves that Randers metrics with weakly isotropic scalar curvature have isotropic S-curvature and are either Minkowskian or Riemannian. The paper studies Kropina metrics with a specific curvature property.
problem Characterizing Kropina metrics with isotropic scalar curvature.
method Tensor analysis to derive expressions and characterize metrics.
result Characterization of Kropina metrics with isotropic scalar curvature.
The paper studies Berwald scalar curvature properties in Finsler geometry.
problem Characterizing Finsler manifolds based on Berwald scalar curvature.
method Analyzes properties of Berwald scalar curvature and its implications for Finsler manifolds.
result Landsberg manifolds with vanishing Berwald scalar curvature are Berwald manifolds.
Sharp volume growth ratio for 3D manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
problem Volume growth and scalar curvature in non-compact Riemannian manifolds.
method Analyzing 3D complete, non-compact manifolds with non-negative Ricci and positive scalar curvature.
result Obtained sharp linear volume growth ratio and rigidity.
Small Weyl infimum on 4-manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
problem Understanding scalar curvature on 4-manifolds.
method Analyzing the Weyl functional and comparing scalar and self-dual Weyl curvatures.
result The infimum of the Weyl functional is small on many 4-manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
New scalar curvature defined from Ollivier-Ricci curvature for graphs.
problem Defining scalar curvature for graphs and point clouds.
method Defining a new scalar version of Ollivier-Ricci curvature and proving its convergence.
result The new scalar curvature converges to scalar curvature for sampled manifolds.
The aim of the present paper is to provide an \emph{intrinsic} investigation of special Finsler spaces of Hp-scalar curvature and of Hp-constant curvature. Characterizations of such spaces are shown. Sufficient condition for Finsler space of Hp-scalar curvature to be of perpendicular scalar curvature i…