Entropy rigidity for Finsler flows but collapse for Reeb flows.
problem Entropy behavior of Reeb and Finsler flows on contact manifolds.
method Analysis of topological entropy for Reeb and Finsler flows.
result Uniform positive lower bound for Finsler flows but arbitrarily small topological entropy for Reeb flows.
Entropy measures geodesic flow complexity.
problem Measuring complexity of geodesic flows on manifolds.
method Introduced barcode entropy to measure exponential growth rate of not-too-short bars in Morse-theoretic barcodes.
result Barcode entropy bounds topological entropy and vice versa.
Ancient curve shortening flows have entropy and curvature bounds equivalent.
problem Bounding entropy and total curvature for ancient curve shortening flows.
method Equivalence of entropy and total curvature conditions for ancient curve shortening flows.
result Entropy and total curvature bounds are equivalent for ancient curve shortening flows.
The paper extends entropy formulas to super Ricci flows on metric measure spaces.
problem Entropy formulas for super Ricci flows on metric measure spaces.
method Extending Perelman's W-entropy and Shannon entropy power to super Ricci flows. result Equivalence between volume non-local collapsing property and lower boundedness of W-entropy on RCD(0,N) spaces. Generic low-entropy hypersurfaces in 4-6D flow with only generic singularities.
problem Analyzing mean curvature flow of low-entropy hypersurfaces.
method Proving flow encounters only generic singularities for specific entropy conditions.
result Proves flow encounters only generic singularities for low-entropy initial data.
Entropy study of geodesic flow on convex projective surfaces.
problem Entropy of Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measure on convex projective surfaces.
method Analysis of Hilbert area and Blaschke metric.
result Entropy tends to zero if and only if the Hilbert area tends to infinity.
The paper proves the monotonicity of a modified Perelman's W-entropy for mean curvature flow.
problem Proving the monotonicity of Perelman's W-entropy for mean curvature flow.
method Modified definition of K. Ecker's W-entropy and Hamilton's Harnack inequality.
result The modified W-entropy is monotonically decreasing in time.
Ancient flows by curvature powers in 2D have finite entropy.
problem Existence of non-homothetic ancient flows by powers of curvature in R2. method Determined Morse indices and kernels of the linearized operator of shrinkers. Constructed flows using unstable eigenfunctions.
result Existence of ancient flows with finite entropy.
New formulas derived for scalar curvature in generalized Ricci flow.
problem Scalar curvature in generalized Ricci flow.
method Derivation of weighted scalar curvature monotonicity formulas and Perelman-type energy/entropy formulas.
result New convex Nash entropies and pseudolocality principles.
New method trains normalizing flows using entropy-regularized transport.
problem Training continuous normalizing flows efficiently.
method Formulates flows as gradients of scalar potentials, training only these potentials.
result Trains normalizing flows without explicit flow computation during training.
Curve shortening flow converges to a point with entropy bound.
problem Analyzing the behavior of curves under shortening flow near singularities.
method Analyzes blow-up limits and uses entropy bounds to prove convergence.
result Initial curves with entropy bound converge to a round point in finite time.
The article proves a new entropy formula for surfaces with boundaries.
problem Entropy formula for surfaces with boundaries.
method Established a monotonicity formula of Hamilton type entropy.
result Entropy functional and W-functional relation studied. Topological entropy decreases strictly along Ricci flow near hyperbolic metrics.
problem Understanding entropy changes in flows near hyperbolic metrics.
method Analysis of geodesic flow on Riemannian manifolds with variable negative curvature.
result Topological entropy strictly decreases along normalized Ricci flow near hyperbolic metrics.
Proves uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows on surfaces.
problem Proving uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows on surfaces.
method Analyzes geodesic flows on closed orientable C^∞ surfaces, proving uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy and at most one SRB measure.
result Proves uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows on surfaces, covering previous results and new examples.
Paper introduces entropy for Riemannian foliations and connects it to Ricci flow.
problem Entropy functional for Riemannian foliations and its relation to Ricci flow.
method Introduced entropy functional and related its gradient flow to transverse Ricci flow.
result Entropy functional is monotonic along transverse Ricci flow and related to it.
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.
Liouville entropy increases strictly along Ricci flow on surfaces.
problem Understanding the behavior of Liouville entropy under Ricci flow.
method New expression for Liouville entropy derivative, proof of positivity in specific directions.
result Liouville entropy is strictly increasing along normalized Ricci flow for 1/6-pinched metrics.
Study shows rigidity for entropy minimizers in non-monotone cases.
problem Rigidity of entropy minimizers in non-monotone settings.
method Elementary proofs in non-monotone situations.
result Showed rigidity for minimizers of generalized Colding-Minicozzi entropies.
Low-entropy surfaces can be flowed into spheres and cylinders.
problem Proving mean curvature flow for low-entropy hypersurfaces.
method Low-entropy density drop argument and recent work on hypersurfaces.
result Closed hypersurfaces with entropy ≤ 2 can be flowed into spherical and cylindrical shapes.
Ancient curve flows classified into specific types.
problem Classifying ancient finite-entropy curve shortening flows.
method Proving flow types through mathematical analysis.
result Ancient flows are one of several specific types.
Quantizes Kähler-Ricci flow for Fano manifolds.
problem Optimal degeneration for Fano manifolds.
method Geometric quantization of Kähler-Ricci flow and entropy functional.
result Established convergence to original flow and entropy.
In this paper, the author discusses the eigenvalues and entropies under the harmonic-Ricci flow, which is the Ricci flow coupled with the harmonic map flow. We give an alternative proof of results for compact steady and expanding harmonic-Ricci breathers. In the second part, we derive some monotonicity formulas for eig…
In this survey paper, we give an overview of our recent works on the study of the W-entropy for the heat equation associated with the Witten Laplacian on super-Ricci flows and the Langevin deformation on Wasserstein space over Riemannian manifolds. Inspired by Perelman's seminal work on the entropy formula for the Ri…
In this paper we aim to find a measure for the diversity of cash flows between agents in an economy. We argue that cash flows can be linked to probabilities of finding a currency unit in a given cash flow. We then use the information entropy as a natural measure of diversity. This leads to a hirarchical inequality meas…
In 1870s, L. Boltzmann proved the famous H-theorem for the Boltzmann equation in the kinetic theory of gas and gave the statistical interpretation of the thermodynamic entropy. In 2002, G. Perelman introduced the notion of W-entropy and proved the W-entropy formula for the Ricci flow. This plays a crucial role in…
In this note we determine the first two derivatives of the classical Boltzmann-Shannon entropy of the conjugate heat equation on general evolving manifolds. Based on the second derivative of the Boltzmann-Shannon entropy, we construct Perelman's F and W entropy in abstract geometric flows. Monotonicity of the entropies…
In this survey we review Hamilton's entropy and Perelman's entropy, and provide motivations for these concepts. Then we review recent results on the logarithmic Sobolev inequality, the Sobolev inequalities and kappa-noncollapsing estimates along the Ricci flow, including the Ricci flow with surgeries.
New flow method solves Christoffel-Minkowski problem.
problem Solving Christoffel-Minkowski problem.
method Entropy preserving curvature flow with global term.
result Entropy preserving flow solves Christoffel-Minkowski problem.
New Finsler flow on 2-torus has chaotic dynamics.
problem Constructing chaotic dynamics on a 2-torus.
method Using Berger and Turaev's theorem, constructing a Finsler metric.
result Found a Finsler geodesic flow with positive metric entropy.
Study on relative entropy for hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.
problem Understanding relative entropy for hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.
method Relate relative entropy to renormalized area and apply monotonicity formula to mean curvature flows.
result Obtained a monotonicity formula for relative entropy in hyperbolic space.
Study shows flows from double cones remain symmetric, finds non-symmetric example.
problem Understanding flows from double cones under mean curvature flow.
method Analyzes Brakke flows, proves symmetry, constructs non-symmetric examples.
result Non-self-similar flows exist for entropy at most two.
Ancient Ricci flows with bounded Nash entropy have uniform Sobolev inequalities.
problem Bounding Nash entropy in ancient Ricci flows.
method Uniformly bounded Nash entropy implies uniform bounds on the ν-functional, leading to uniform logarithmic and Sobolev inequalities.
result Uniform logarithmic and Sobolev inequalities on ancient Ricci flows with bounded Nash entropy.
Inspired by work of Colding-Minicozzi on mean curvature flow, Zhang introduced a notion of entropy stability for harmonic map flow. We build further upon this work in several directions. First we prove the equivalence of entropy stability with a more computationally tractable F-stability. Then, focusing on t…
Paper proves unique tangent flow at infinity for entropy-limited curve shortening.
problem Proving uniqueness of tangent flows for finite-entropy curve shortening.
method Rescaled backward convergence to a line, entropy analysis, and geometric properties.
result Ancient smooth curve shortening flow has a unique tangent flow at infinity.
Study geodesic flows on hyperbolic manifolds without conjugate points, proving unique measure of maximal entropy.
problem Proving uniqueness of measure of maximal entropy for geodesic flows on specific manifolds.
method Analyzing geodesic flows on closed Riemannian manifolds without conjugate points, using properties of Gromov hyperbolic and residually finite groups.
result Proves geodesic flow has a unique measure of maximal entropy under appropriate assumptions.
Gradient flow expands curves to round shapes.
problem Expanding curves to round shapes.
method Steepest descent L2-gradient flow of entropy.
result Flow converges to a round expanding circle for various initial curves.
We analyze the Ricci flow of a noncompact metric that describes a two-dimensional black hole. We consider entanglement entropy of a 2d black hole which is due to the quantum correlations between two subsystems: one is inside and the other is outside the black hole horizon. It is demonstrated that the entanglement entro…
The paper extends Perelman's theorems on Ricci flow entropy.
problem Understanding the behavior of Ricci flow under various conditions.
method Localization of entropy functionals and development of Li-Yau estimates.
result Generalization of Perelman's no-local-collapsing and pseudo-locality theorems.
In this paper we introduce the log entropy functional and establish its monotonicity along the Ricci flow. One consequence of it is the monotonicity of the logarithmic Sobolev constant along the Ricci flow.
We demonstrate the irreversibility of a wide class of world-sheet renormalization group (RG) flows to first order in α′ in string theory. Our techniques draw on the mathematics of Ricci flows, adapted to asymptotically flat target manifolds. In the case of somewhere-negative scalar curvature (of the target space), we…
We prove that a closed immersed plane curve with total curvature 2πm has entropy at least m times the entropy of the embedded circle, as long as it generates a type I singularity under the curve shortening flow (CSF). We construct closed immersed plane curves of total curvature 2πm whose entropy is less than m …
The study proves the uniqueness of entropy-maximizing measures for geodesic flows on specific manifolds.
problem Uniqueness of entropy-maximizing measures for geodesic flows on rank 1 manifolds.
method Symbolic dynamics applied to countable topological Markov flows.
result Proof of the uniqueness of the measure of maximal entropy.
In this article we prove two formulas for the topological entropy of an F-optical Hamiltonian flow induced by a C^{\infty} Hamiltonian, where F is a Lagrangian distribution. In these formulas, we calculate the topological entropy as the exponential growth rate of the average of the determinant of the differential of th…
Entropy for submanifolds in hyperbolic space defined.
problem Entropy for submanifolds in hyperbolic space.
method Entropy defined analogous to Euclidean space.
result Entropy monotonicity along mean curvature flow in low dimensions.
Maximum entropy modeling is a flexible and popular framework for formulating statistical models given partial knowledge. In this paper, rather than the traditional method of optimizing over the continuous density directly, we learn a smooth and invertible transformation that maps a simple distribution to the desired ma…
Inspired by the idea of Colding-Minicozzi in [CM1], we define (mean curvature flow) entropy for submanifolds in a general ambient Riemannian manifold. In particular, this entropy is equivalent to area growth of a closed submanifold in a closed ambient manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature. Moreover, this entropy i…
New entropy functionals for curved spaces help predict shape behavior.
problem Understanding entropy behavior in curved spaces.
method Introduced new entropy functionals for submanifolds of Cartan-Hadamard manifolds.
result Obtained sharp lower bounds on these entropies for certain closed hypersurfaces and observed a novel rigidity phenomenon.
We show that if Σ⊂R4 is a closed, connected hypersurface with entropy λ(Σ)≤λ(S2×R), then the level set flow of Σ never disconnects. We also obtain a sharp version of the forward clearing out lemma for non-fattening flows in R4 of low entropy.