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48 results for metric flow

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.

Mean curvature flow is not a gradient flow on two nondegenerate metric spaces.

problem Whether mean curvature flow is a gradient flow on nondegenerate metric spaces of simple closed plane curves.
method Examined two nondegenerate metric spaces: uniformness-preserving and curvature-weighted structures.
result Mean curvature flow is not a gradient flow on either metric space.

Proves robust transitivity for geodesic flows from metrics with conjugate points.

problem Transitivity of geodesic flows from metrics with conjugate points.
method General criterion for robust transitivity of partially hyperbolic geodesic flows.
result First example of a C2C^2 open set of Riemannian metrics with conjugate points and transitive geodesic flow.

Ricci flow stability on manifolds with bounded geometry ensures convergence to hyperbolic metrics.

problem Stability and convergence of Ricci flow on manifolds with bounded geometry.
method Continuous dependence on initial conditions, sectoriality of Ricci-DeTurck flow generator, and Hölder norm analysis.
result Ricci flow converges to hyperbolic metrics under certain conditions.

The paper connects geodesic flows, hyperbolic geodesics, and stable ergodicity.

problem Understanding conditions for geodesic flows to be Anosov and ergodic.
method Analyzing Finsler and Riemannian metrics on surfaces, using recent results.
result Geodesic flows on surfaces are C2C^2 stably ergodic if and only if they are Anosov.

Ricci flow simulations show unstable Fubini-Study metrics develop singularities.

problem Understanding the behavior of unstable perturbations in Ricci flow.
method Numerical simulations of Ricci flow starting from unstable Fubini-Study metrics.
result Ricci flow solutions from unstable Fubini-Study metrics develop local singularities.

Geometric flows study nearly parallel G2-structures on 3-Sasakian 7-manifolds.

problem Analyzing geometric flows of G2-structures on 3-Sasakian manifolds.
method Study of Laplacian flow and Laplacian coflow of G2-structures on 3-Sasakian manifolds.
result Distinct behavior of flows, notably regarding stability of nearly parallel G2-structures.

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…

2007-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

New metrics connect surfaces with Anosov flows to those with negative curvature.

problem Creating metrics with Anosov flows on surfaces of positive curvature.
method Constructing metrics with Anosov geodesic flows and positive curvature regions, connecting to negative curvature metrics via smooth conformal deformations.
result Existence of a smooth curve of conformal deformations connecting Anosov metrics to metrics of negative curvature.

Ricci flow deforms metrics with positive curvature to include negative curvature.

problem Preserving positive sectional curvature under Ricci flow in dimension four.
method Evolved cohomogeneity one metrics on S4S^4 and CP2\mathbb C P^2 via Ricci flow.
result Metrics with positive sectional curvature lose this property under Ricci flow.

Study on Ricci flow of invariant metrics on spheres, finding new ancient solutions.

problem Analyzing the Ricci flow of Sp(n+1)-invariant metrics on spheres.
method Determine forward and ancient solutions, classify them, and classify their behavior under flow.
result Exhibit a new one-parameter family of ancient solutions on spheres with larger isometry groups.

We investigate the Chern-Ricci flow, an evolution equation of Hermitian metrics generalizing the Kahler-Ricci flow, on elliptic bundles over a Riemann surface of genus greater than one. We show that, starting at any Gauduchon metric, the flow collapses the elliptic fibers and the metrics converge to the pullback of a K…

2013-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce the inverse Monge-Ampere flow as the gradient flow of the Ding energy functional on the space of Kahler metrics in 2πλc1(X)2 πλc_1(X) for λ=±1λ=\pm 1. We prove the long-time existence of the flow. In the canonically polarized case, we show that the flow converges smoothly to the unique Kahler-Einstein metric with …

2017-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a geometric flow introduced by Gigli and Mantegazza which, in the case of smooth compact manifolds with smooth metrics, is tangen- tial to the Ricci flow almost-everywhere along geodesics. To study spaces with geometric singularities, we consider this flow in the context of smooth manifolds with rough metri…

2015-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on Vaisman metrics on Kodaira-Thurston surface using pluriclosed flow.

problem Characterizing and preserving Vaisman metrics on Kodaira-Thurston surface.
method Characterization of T2T^2-invariant Vaisman metrics, analysis of pluriclosed flow behavior.
result Pluriclosed flow preserves Vaisman condition on Kodaira-Thurston surface, including non-constant scalar curvature.

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 WW-entropy and Shannon entropy power to super Ricci flows.
result Equivalence between volume non-local collapsing property and lower boundedness of WW-entropy on RCD(0,N)(0, N) spaces.

In this work, convergence of evolving Finslerian metrics first in a general flow next under Finslerian Ricci flow is studied. More intuitively it is proved that a family of Finslerian metrics g(t)g(t) which are solutions to the Finslerian Ricci flow converge in CC^{\infty} to a smooth limit Finslerian metric as t t ap…

2015-07-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops new synthetic Ricci flow concepts for metric measure spaces.

problem No specific problem stated; focuses on new mathematical concepts.
method Formulated in terms of dynamic convexity and local concavity of entropy, and global/short-time asymptotic transport cost estimates.
result Shows these properties characterise smooth (weighted) Ricci flows.

The paper improves the description of Kähler metric flows and their singularities.

problem Improving the understanding of Kähler metric flows and their singularities.
method Parabolic regularizations of conjugate heat kernel potential functions based at almost-selfsimilar points.
result Tangent flows of Kähler metric flows admit nontrivial one-parameter actions by isometries.

Study of twisted Calabi flow connecting J-flow and Calabi flow on Kähler manifolds.

problem Existence and convergence of twisted Calabi flow on compact Kähler manifolds.
method Analysis of a family of twisted Calabi flows connecting J-flow and Calabi flow, showing long-time existence and convergence to cscK metrics.
result Long-time existence and convergence of twisted Calabi flow to cscK metrics, implying openness of continuity method.

Study on counting orbits and Poincaré series for specific hyperbolic metrics.

problem Counting orbits and analyzing Poincaré series for strongly hyperbolic metrics.
method Combining ergodic theory techniques with topological flows and symbolic dynamics.
result Obtained orbital counting results and described the domain of analyticity for Poincaré series.

The paper finds hyperbolic metrics on surfaces with boundary using combinatorial curvature flows.

problem Finding hyperbolic metrics on surfaces with totally geodesic boundaries of prescribed lengths.
method Introducing combinatorial Ricci flow and combinatorial Calabi flow for generalized circle packings.
result Proves longtime existence and global convergence of combinatorial curvature flows.