A gradient estimate for all positive solutions of the conjugate heat equation under Ricci flow

dc.creatorKuang, Shilong
dc.creatorZhang, Qi S.
dc.date2006-11-10
dc.date2006-11-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:32:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:32:44Z
dc.descriptionWe establish a point-wise gradient estimate for $all$ positive solutions of the conjugate heat equation. This contrasts to Perelman's point-wise gradient estimate which works mainly for the fundamental solution rather than all solutions. Like Perelman's estimate, the most general form of our gradient estimate does not require any curvature assumption. Moreover, assuming only lower bound on the Ricci curvature, we also prove a localized gradient estimate similar to the Li-Yau estimate for the linear Schrödinger heat equation. The main difference with the linear case is that no assumptions on the derivatives of the potential (scalar curvature) are needed. A generalization of Perelman's W-entropy is defined in both the Ricci flow and fixed metric case. We also find a new family of heat kernel estimates.
dc.descriptionSome typos are removed from Corollary 1
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611298
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0611298
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/119213
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subject58J05, 58J35
dc.titleA gradient estimate for all positive solutions of the conjugate heat equation under Ricci flow
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