Study shows properties of Gromov-Hausdorff limit of frame bundles for non-collapsed manifolds.
problem Characterizing the Gromov-Hausdorff limit of orthonormal frame bundles of non-collapsed manifolds with bounded Ricci curvature.
method Analysis of the Gromov-Hausdorff limit space of orthonormal frame bundles equipped with an almost canonical metric.
result The singular set of the limit space has codimension ≥4 and the complement contains an open and dense C1,α-Riemannian manifold. New examples of manifolds in tangent cones of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
problem Uncertainty in homeomorphism types of tangent cones of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
method Construction of limit spaces in all dimensions at least 5.
result Any finite collection of manifolds can appear as cross sections of tangent cones of the same point.
The paper analyzes graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature bounds and applies to non-collapsed spaces.
problem Analyzing spectral properties of graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature constraints.
method Quantitative bounds on eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of graph Laplacians constructed from random variables on manifolds with uniform lower Ricci curvature bounds.
result Spectral convergence of graph Laplacians on manifolds with curvature bounds and in non-collapsed spaces.
Study shows local topologies of certain geometric spaces.
problem Local topological properties of geometric spaces.
method Analysis of Gromov-Hausdorff limits of manifolds with bounded Ricci curvature.
result Local b1 vanishes for regular loci in limits of non-collapsed manifolds. New examples show strong Kato limits can be branching and not satisfy known conditions.
problem Exploring the boundaries of strong Kato limits and their properties.
method Constructing specific examples of non-collapsed strong Kato limits.
result Found examples of strong Kato limits that are branching and do not satisfy CD(K,∞) or MCP(K,N) conditions. Let X be a non-collapsing Ricci limit space and let x∈X. We show that for any ε>0, there is r>0 such that every loop in Bt(x) is contractible in B(1+ε)t(x), where t∈(0,r]. In particular, X is semi-locally simply connected.
Perimeter minimizers in curved spaces have a singular set no more than 5 dimensions.
problem Understanding the structure of minimizers in spaces with bounded Ricci curvature.
method Analysis of non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces with two-sided curvature bounds.
result The Hausdorff dimension of the singular set is at most \(N-5\).
The study proposes conjectures on limit spaces of Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature.
problem Understanding the regularity of limit spaces of Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature.
method Synthetic treatment of lower bounds on Ricci curvature for metric measure spaces.
result Several conjectures on the regularity of limit spaces.
We study non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limits of Kähler manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below. Our main result is that each tangent cone is homeomorphic to a normal affine variety. This extends a result of Donaldson-Sun, who considered non-collapsed limits of polarized Kähler manifolds with two-sided Ricci curv…
We prove a Lipschitz-Volume rigidity theorem for the non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limits of manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below. This is a counterpart of the Lipschitz-Volume rigidity in Alexandrov geometry.
Extends Ricci flow theory to Kato-type curvature bounds, proving manifold properties.
problem Extending Ricci flow theory under Kato-type curvature bounds.
method Extends non-collapsed Ricci flow existence theory to Kato-type lower bounds.
result Compact three-dimensional non-collapsed strong Kato limit spaces are homeomorphic to smooth manifolds.
We use Ricci flow to obtain a local bi-Holder correspondence between Ricci limit spaces in three dimensions and smooth manifolds. This is more than a complete resolution of the three-dimensional case of the conjecture of Anderson-Cheeger-Colding-Tian, describing how Ricci limit spaces in three dimensions must be homeom…
Study two types of singular Kähler-Einstein metrics on complex varieties.
problem Understanding different types of singular Kähler-Einstein metrics.
method Analyzing Ricci flat Kähler cone metrics and applying to more general spaces.
result A weaker notion of singular Kähler-Einstein metrics is equivalent to a stronger one under certain conditions.
Study on positive scalar curvature and its impact on Ricci limit spaces.
problem The influence of uniformly positive scalar curvature on Ricci limit spaces.
method Investigates uniformly positive scalar curvature on non-collapsed Ricci limit spaces.
result Proves a limit space splits at most n-2 lines or R-factors.
Characterizes limits of Ricci flows and their singularities.
problem Understanding the structure of non-collapsed limits of Ricci flows.
method Characterizes limits as smooth away from a set of high codimension, identifies tangent flows as gradient shrinking solitons, and stratifies singular set.
result Non-collapsed limits of Ricci flows are smooth away from a set of high codimension and have tangent flows as gradient shrinking solitons.
We consider complete (possibly non-compact) three dimensional Riemannian manifolds (M,g) such that: a) (M,g) is non-collapsed, b) the Ricci curvature of (M,g) is bounded from below, c) the geometry of (M,g) at infinity is not too extreme. Given such initial data (M,g) we show that a Ricci flow exists for a short time i…
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.
Study the topology of Ricci limit spaces using Gromov-Hausdorff limits.
problem Topology of Ricci limit spaces.
method Gromov-Hausdorff limits, slice theorem for isometric pseudo-group actions, uniform diameter bounds.
result Established semi-locally simply connected property and described universal cover.
Limits of manifolds with Kato bound on Ricci curvature are rectifiable.
problem Understanding limits of manifolds with specific curvature bounds.
method Proving rectifiability of limits of manifolds with Kato bound on Ricci curvature.
result Rectifiability of limits of manifolds with Kato bound on Ricci curvature.
Uniform entropy bound for Ricci shrinkers with bounded curvature.
problem Bounding entropy for Ricci shrinkers with specific curvature constraints.
method Establishing uniform entropy bounds for simply connected Ricci shrinkers with a finite second homotopy group and uniform curvature bounds.
result Uniform entropy bound for simply connected Ricci shrinkers with a finite second homotopy group and uniform curvature bounds.
Uniform estimates lead to Gromov-Hausdorff limits for Hermitian minimal models.
problem Uniform diameter and volume estimates for Chern-Ricci flow on Hermitian minimal models.
method Uniform diameter and volume estimates, local Kähler assumption, Perelman's reduced length, almost monotonicity formula for reduced volume.
result Gromov-Hausdorff convergence of the Chern-Ricci flow on Hermitian minimal models.
The study establishes conditions for orientability in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Conditions for orientability in spaces with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Equivalent characterizations of orientability using Ricci limit and RCD spaces.
result Four-manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below and volume non-collapsing are uniformly locally orientable.
We show that non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limits of polarized Kahler manifolds, with Ricci curvature bounded below, are normal projective varieties, and the metric singularities of the limit space are precisely given by a countable union of analytic subvarieties. This extends a fundamental result of Donaldson-Sun, in…
Based on the compactness of the moduli of non-collapsed Calabi-Yau spaces with mild singularities, we set up a structure theory for polarized Kähler Ricci flows with proper geometric bounds. Our theory is a generalization of the structure theory of non-collapsed Kähler Einstein manifolds. As applications, we prove the …
Ancient Ricci flows on non-collapsed manifolds have finite fundamental groups.
problem Understanding the fundamental groups of ancient Ricci flows.
method Analyzing the structure of ancient Ricci flows and their tangent flows.
result The fundamental group of non-collapsed ancient Ricci flows is finite and a quotient of the regular part's fundamental group.
The paper constructs solutions to the Kähler-Ricci flow and studies complex structures.
problem Complex structures on Kähler manifolds with specific curvature properties.
method Combines Kähler-Ricci flow with mollification techniques.
result Gromov-Hausdorff limit of Kähler manifolds is homeomorphic to a complex manifold.
In this paper, we study the structure of the limit space of a sequence of almost Einstein manifolds, which are generalizations of Einstein manifolds. Roughly speaking, such manifolds are the initial manifolds of some normalized Ricci flows whose scalar curvatures are almost constants over space-time in the L1-sense,…
Study inradius collapsed manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds, proving properties of their limits.
problem Characterizing limits of inradius collapsed manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analyzing families of manifolds with specific curvature and boundary conditions, proving properties of the limits.
result Limits of inradius collapsed manifolds have at most two boundary components and a lower Ricci curvature bound.
We give two new proofs of Perelman's theorem that shrinking breathers of Ricci flow on closed manifolds are gradient Ricci solitons, using the fact that the singularity models of type I solutions are shrinking gradient Ricci solitons and the fact that non-collapsed type I ancient solutions have rescaled limits being sh…
Researchers found infinitely many non-collapsed steady Ricci solitons on complex line bundles.
problem Finding steady Ricci solitons on complex line bundles.
method Constructed a continuous 3-parameter family of non-shrinking Ricci solitons.
result Includes infinitely many asymptotically paraboloidal steady Ricci solitons.
We develop a structure theory for non-collapsed Ricci shrinkers without any curvature condition. As applications, we obtain some curvature estimates of the Ricci shrinkers depending only on the non-collapsing constant.
Study shows different fundamental groups for manifolds with same limit.
problem Understanding fundamental groups of manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature.
method Constructed sequences of manifolds with specific properties.
result Found manifolds with same limit but different fundamental groups.
Ricci flow singularities on compact Kähler surfaces are of Type I.
problem Understanding finite time singularities of Ricci flow on compact Kähler surfaces.
method Analyzing the Type I property of singularities.
result Non-collapsed finite time singularities are of Type I.
The study shows almost maximal volume entropy rigidity for certain manifolds with integral Ricci curvature.
problem Volume entropy rigidity for manifolds with lower integral Ricci curvature bound.
method Analyzing manifolds with specific integral Ricci curvature bounds, diameter, and volume entropy.
result The universal cover of the manifold is close to a hyperbolic space form under certain conditions.
Compactness theorem for Riemannian manifolds with volume and curvature bounds.
problem Investigating the regularity of limit spaces of Riemannian manifolds.
method Local volume growth condition, compactness theorem, different convergence notion.
result Compactness theorem for Riemannian manifolds with Lp curvature bounds and volume growth assumption. Ancient solutions found on flag manifolds from invariant Einstein metrics.
problem Understanding the behavior of Ricci flow on flag manifolds.
method Global study of the dynamical system induced by the Ricci flow, using invariant Einstein metrics and Poincaré compactification.
result Non-collapsed ancient solutions emerge from invariant Einstein metrics, with a Type I singularity in finite time.
We prove an existence theorem for Asymptotically Conical Ricci Flat Kahler metrics in C2 with cone singularities along a smooth complex curve. These metrics are expected to arise as blow up limits of non collapsed sequences of Kahler Einstein metrics with cone singularities.
Study minimal hypersurfaces in manifolds with bounded Ricci curvature.
problem Angle estimate of distance functions from minimal hypersurfaces.
method Colding's method and Cheeger-Colding theory.
result Prove Frankel property for metric cones.
We prove a uniform Sobolev inequality for Ricci flow, which is independent of the number of surgeries. As an application, under less assumptions, a non-collapsing result stronger than Perelman's κ non-collapsing with surgery is derived. The proof is shorter and seems more accessible. The result also improves some ear…
Study shows dimension constraints for isometry groups in non-collapsed Riemannian manifolds.
problem Dimension constraints for isometry groups in non-collapsed Riemannian manifolds.
method Equivariant Gromov--Hausdorff convergence and lower Ricci curvature bounds.
result Dimension of isometry group is at least the limit superior of dimensions of subgroups.
The paper studies limits of sub-Riemannian Heisenberg manifolds and proves convergence under certain conditions.
problem The study of limits of sub-Riemannian Heisenberg manifolds and their properties.
method Analysis of Gromov-Hausdorff limits with upper and lower bounds on diameter and Popp's measure.
result The non-collapsed limits of sub-Riemannian Heisenberg manifolds converge to a compact Heisenberg manifold.
We construct a family of non-collapsed, non-Kähler, non-Einstein steady Ricci solitons in even dimensions greater or equal to four. These solitons exist on complex line bundles over Kähler-Einstein manifolds of positive scalar curvature. They include a four-dimensional U(2)-invariant, non-collapsed Riemannian steady …
Proves an ε-regularity theorem for Ricci flows, leading to new singularity estimates.
problem Analyzing singularity models in Fano Kähler-Ricci flows.
method Proves ε-regularity theorem and uses it to derive new estimates.
result Establishes new estimates for singularity models of Fano Kähler-Ricci flows.
In this paper we address the relationship between Gromov-Hausdorff limits and intrinsic flat limits of complete Riemannian manifolds. In \cite{SormaniWenger2010, SormaniWenger2011}, Sormani-Wenger show that for a sequence of Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature, a uniform upper bound on diameter, and n…
Study limits of manifolds with Kato bound Ricci curvature, proving volume convergence.
problem Understanding structure of limits of manifolds with Ricci curvature bounds.
method Mosco convergence of Dirichlet energies to Cheeger energy, introduction of monotone quantities, volume convergence.
result Volume convergence to Hausdorff n-measure in limits of manifolds.
Two new proofs provide Eguchi-Hanson metrics as ALE bubbles for Kummer constructions of K3 metrics.
problem Constructing Ricci-flat Kähler metrics on the K3 surface with special holonomy.
method Singular perturbation and weighted function space analysis.
result Large families of compact hyper-Kähler orbifolds as volume non-collapsed limits of Kummer constructions.
The paper studies 4D Ricci flow manifolds with curvature constraints.
problem Investigating 4D Ricci flow manifolds with specific curvature conditions.
method Analyzing 4D manifolds with curvature constraints via Ricci flow.
result Proves topological and geometric gap theorems for maximal volume growth.
Let M be a compact Riemannian manifold and the metrics g=g(t) evolve by the Ricci flow. We prove the following result. The Sobolev imbedding by Aubin or Hebey, perturbed by a scalar curvature term and modulo sharpness of constants, holds uniformly for (M,g(t)) for all time if the Ricci flow exists fo…