In this paper we generalize the monotonicity formulas of [C] for manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Monotone quantities play a key role in analysis and geometry; see, e.g., [A], [CM1] and [GL] for applications of monotonicity to uniqueness. Among the applications here is that level sets of Green's function on …
Unified view of monotonicity formulas for inverse mean curvature flow and p-capacitary potentials.
problem Understanding monotonicity formulas for various geometric flows and potentials.
method Refined analysis of p-capacitary potentials and their level sets. result Strong convergence of p-capacitary potentials to inverse mean curvature flow and curvature varifolds. The paper investigates quantitative rigidity using Colding's monotonicity formulas for Ricci curvature.
problem Quantifying rigidity in manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Investigates pinching of Colding's monotone functionals and constructs k-splitting functions. result Quantitative control of splitting functions by pinching at independent points controls the distance to the nearest cone.
The paper examines how parabolic frequency behaves under Ricci flow and Ricci-harmonic flow on manifolds.
problem Understanding the behavior of parabolic frequency under Ricci flow and Ricci-harmonic flow.
method Investigates the monotonicity of parabolic frequency for solutions of linear and heat equations with bounded curvatures.
result Establishes monotonicity results for parabolic frequency under specific curvature conditions.
In this paper, we introduce a monotonicity formula for the mean curvature flow. We also apply this monotonicity formula to study the asymptotic behavior of eternal solutions.
Proves volume comparison and monotonicity for Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature.
problem Volume comparison and monotonicity for Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature.
method Relative volume comparison theorem for LP-bound of Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature and gradient of potential function. result Modified proof for volume comparison and monotonicity of Kähler-Ricci flow.
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.
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.
Derive monotone quantities for harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.
problem Derive monotone quantities for harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.
method Follow the strategy developed in Miao.
result Derive monotone quantities for harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.
Euler's elastica with monotone curvature is uniquely minimal.
problem Global minimality of planar elastica with monotone curvature.
method Proof of global minimality using clamped boundary conditions and length penalization.
result Every planar elastica with non-constant monotone curvature is uniquely minimal.
Investigates polar tangential angles of curves and their monotonicity.
problem Behavior of polar tangential angles of plane curves.
method Proof of monotonicity for certain curves of monotone curvature.
result Nonexistence results for an obstacle problem involving free elasticae.
The paper defines a frequency for mean curvature flow and proves its monotonicity.
problem Backwards uniqueness for solutions of mean curvature flow.
method Defining and proving monotonicity of a parabolic frequency for mean curvature flows.
result Frequency monotonicity implies backwards uniqueness for mean curvature flow solutions.
We use holomorphic disks to describe the formation of singularities in the mean curvature flow of monotone Lagrangian submanifolds in Cn.
We prove a monotonicity formula for mean curvature flow with surgery. This formula differs from Huisken's monotonicity formula by an extra term involving the mean curvature. As a consequence, we show that a surgically modified flow which is sufficiently close to a smooth flow in the sense of geometric measure theory is…
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.
Proves monotonicity of parabolic frequency on all manifolds without curvature assumptions.
problem Monotonicity of parabolic frequency on manifolds.
method Analyzes parabolic frequency function on manifolds, proving monotonicity without curvature assumptions.
result Monotonicity of parabolic frequency on all manifolds, no curvature assumption needed.
We give a family of monotone quantities along smooth solutions to the inverse curvature flows in Euclidean spaces. We also derive a related geometric inequality for closed hypersurfaces with positive k-th mean curvature.
Sharp gradient estimates for positive Ricci curvature manifolds.
problem Understanding geometric properties of manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
method Proving sharp gradient estimates and monotonicity formulae.
result Sharp gradient estimates and monotonicity formulae for positive Ricci curvature manifolds.
In this paper, we study the relation of the monotonicity of Hawking Mass and geometric flow problems. We show that along the Hamilton-DeTurck flow with bounded curvature coupled with the modified mean curvature flow, the Hawking mass of the hypersphere with a sufficiently large radius in Schwarzschild spaces is monoton…
The theory of monotone Riemannian metrics on the state space of a quantum system was established by Denes Petz in 1996. In a recent paper he argued that the scalar curvature of a statistically relevant - monotone - metric can be interpreted as an average statistical uncertainty. The present paper contributes to this su…
In this paper, we introduce a monotonicity formula for the mean curvature flow which is related to self-expanders. Then we use the monotonicity to study the asymptotic behavior of Type III mean curvature flow on noncompact hypersurfaces.
New PDE systems generalize Hawking mass monotonicity.
problem Generalizing Hawking mass monotonicity to initial data sets.
method Introduced new systems of PDE on initial data sets (M,g,k). result Generalized Geroch's monotonicity formula to initial data sets.
Derives new monotone quantities for p-harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds.
problem Estimating the mass of 3-manifolds with non-negative scalar curvature and minimal boundary.
method Derives monotone quantities for p-harmonic functions and applies them to derive a sharp mass-capacity estimate.
result Derives a sharp mass-capacity estimate relating the ADM mass of a 3-manifold to the p-capacity of its boundary.
In this paper, we derive the evolution equation for the first eigenvalue of the Witten-Laplace operator acting on the space of functions along the mean curvature flow on a closed oriented manifold. We show some interesting monotonic quantities under the mean curvature flow.
New formulas limit minimal submanifolds' area in curved spaces.
problem Bounding minimal submanifolds' area in curved spaces.
method Developed new monotonicity formulae involving energy-like integrals over non-geodesic sets.
result Imply sharp area bounds for minimal submanifolds through a prescribed point.
Motivated and inspired by the recent work of Colding [5] and Colding-Minicozzi [6] we derive several families of monotonicity formulas for manifolds with nonnegative Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature, extending the formulas in [5, 6].
The paper studies frequency monotonicity for solutions of nonlinear equations under Ricci flow.
problem Frequency monotonicity for positive solutions of nonlinear equations under Ricci flow.
method Obtained parabolic frequency monotonicity for solutions of two nonlinear parabolic equations with bounded Ricci curvature.
result Established integral type Harnack inequalities using parabolic frequency monotonicity.
Derives formulas from Green function Hessian assumption.
problem Deriving formulas from Green function Hessian assumption.
method Assumption on Hessian of Green function leads to monotonicity formulas.
result Explicit examples of manifolds satisfying assumption.
Derives monotonic quantities for p-harmonic functions on manifolds.
problem Understanding p-harmonic functions on manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. method Derives local and global monotonic quantities associated with p-harmonic functions. result Establishes inequalities relating mass, capacity, and Willmore functional.
In this paper we prove a monotonicity formula for the integral of the mean curvature for complete and proper hypersurfaces of the hyperbolic space and, as consequences, we obtain a lower bound for the integral of the mean curvature and that the integral of the mean curvature is infinity.
Proves existence of planar curves with specific curvature.
problem Existence of planar closed curves with prescribed curvature.
method Variational methods, adding a parameter, monotonicity trick.
result Existence of planar closed curves with prescribed curvature for some curvature functions.
New quantity helps map homotopy classes in complex spaces.
problem Understanding homotopic classes of maps between complex spaces.
method Identified a new monotone quantity in mean curvature flows of maps between Riemannian manifolds.
result Sharp criteria for homotopic classes of maps between complex projective spaces and spheres.
We prove three new monotonicity formulas for manifolds with a lower Ricci curvature bound and show that they are connected to rate of convergence to tangent cones. In fact, we show that the derivative of each of these three monotone quantities is bounded from below in terms of the Gromov-Hausdorff distance to the neare…
Study nondegenerate singularities in mean curvature flow.
problem Understanding the behavior of nondegenerate cylindrical singularities.
method New L2-distance monotonicity formula and discrete almost monotonicity. result Topology change agrees with level sets change near a critical point of a Morse function.
Study on p-Green functions on specific manifolds, proving monotonicity.
problem Monotonicity of p-Green functions on certain 3D manifolds. method Sharp monotonicity formula for p-Green functions along level sets. result Established monotonicity for 1<p<3 on specific manifolds. We find a new monotone increasing quantity along smooth solutions to the inverse mean curvature flow in Rn. As an application, we derive a sharp geometric inequality for mean convex, star-shaped hypersurfaces which relates the volume enclosed by a hypersurface to a weighted total mean curvature of the hypers…
The paper extends the avoidance principle for mean curvature flows, proving new intersection dimension monotonicity results.
problem Understanding the behavior of intersections in mean curvature flows.
method Proving new intersection dimension monotonicity results for mean curvature flows, Brakke flows, and level set flows.
result The dimension of the intersection of mean curvature flows is non-increasing over time.
Using the stress energy tensor, we establish some monotonicity formulae for vector bundle-valued p-forms satisfying the conservation law, provided that the base Riemannian (resp. Kähler) manifolds poss some real (resp. complex) p-exhaustion functions. Vanishing theorems follow immediately from the monotonicity formulae…
The paper derives inequalities for p-capacitary functions in 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.
problem Deriving inequalities for p-capacitary functions in 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. method Deriving general monotone quantities and geometric inequalities associated with p-capacitary functions in asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. result The inequalities become equalities on the spatial Schwarzschild manifolds outside rotationally symmetric spheres.
It is the aim of this article to determine curvature quantities of an arbitrary Riemannian monotone metric on the space of positive matrices resp. nonsingular density matrices. Special interest is focused on the scalar curvature due to its expected quantum statistical meaning. The scalar curvature is explained in more …
The study finds monotonic properties of harmonic functions on 3-manifolds with a flat end.
problem Understanding harmonic functions on 3-manifolds with specific ends.
method Derives monotonic properties of positive harmonic functions on 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and asymptotically flat ends.
result Rigidity characterization of spatial Schwarzschild manifolds with two ends.
New rigidity results for scalar curvature with stabilized conditions.
problem Establishing rigidity for scalar curvature with stabilized conditions.
method Construction of foliations and development of a monotone quantity using Ricci flow and heat equation.
result Generalized classical scalar curvature rigidity results to the \(T^{
times}\)-stabilized setting.
The study calculates Weyl entropy in spacetime regions and shows its monotonic behavior.
problem Calculating and understanding Weyl entropy in spacetime regions.
method Introducing a candidate density for Weyl entropy in perfect fluid regions and analyzing its behavior in compact spacetime regions.
result Weyl entropy is shown to be monotonic in time and maximal in vacuum static metrics.
In this paper, we derive a new monotonicity formula for the plurisuhbarmonic functions on complete Kähler manifolds with nonnegative bisectional curvature. As applications we derive the sharp estimates for the dimension of the spaces of holomorphic functions (sections) with polynomial growth, which in particular, parti…
New proof of Positive Mass Theorem using Green's function and monotonicity formula.
problem Proving the Positive Mass Theorem in Riemannian geometry.
method Established through a newly discovered monotonicity formula for Green's function.
result New proof of the Positive Mass Theorem and Riemannian Penrose Inequality.
Paper extends Schur's theorem to spherical curves via monotonicity.
problem Comparing chord lengths of convex and spherical curves.
method Monotonicity and expansion module approach.
result Schur's Theorem extended to spherical curves.
Proves flows of two-convex Lagrangians are regular, global, and converge.
problem Proves regularity, global existence, and convergence of Lagrangian mean curvature flows in the two-convex case.
method Uses a newly discovered monotone quantity to control two-convexity.
result Proves results for the mean curvature flow of area-decreasing Lagrangian submanifolds.
Vogt's theorem, concerning boundary angles of a convex arc with monotonic curvature (spiral arc), is taken as a starting point to establish basic properties of spirals. The theorem is expanded by removing requirements of convexity and curvature continuity; the cases of inflection and multiple windings are considered. P…