Gradient estimates on the weighted p-Laplace heat equation

In this paper, by a regularization process we derive new gradient estimates for positive solutions to the weighted p-Laplace heat equation when the m-Bakry–Émery curvature is bounded from below by ?K for some constant $K\ge 0$. When the potential function is constant, which reduce to the gradient estimate established by Ni and Kotschwar for positive solutions to the p-Laplace heat equation on closed manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature if $K\searrow 0$, and reduce to the Davies, Hamilton and Li–Xu's gradient estimates for positive solutions to the heat equation on closed manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below if $p=2$.     

Heat kernel bounds, ancient κ solutions and the Poincaré conjecture

We establish certain Gaussian type upper bound for the heat kernel of the conjugate heat equation associated with 3-dimensional ancient κ solutions to the Ricci flow. As an application, using the W entropy associated with the heat kernel, we give a different and much shorter proof of Perelman's classification of backward limits of these ancient solutions. The method is partly motivated by Cao (2007) [1] and Sesum (2006) [27]. The current paper or Chow and Lu (2004) [6] combined with Chen and Zhu (2006) [4] and Zhang (2009) [31] lead to a simplified proof of the Poincaré conjecture without using reduced distance and reduced volume.     

Differential Harnack estimates for backward heat equations with potentials under the Ricci flow

In this paper, we derive a general evolution formula for possible Harnack quantities. As a consequence, we prove several differential Harnack inequalities for positive solutions of backward heat-type equations with potentials (including the conjugate heat equation) under the Ricci flow. We shall also derive Perelman's Harnack inequality for the fundamental solution of the conjugate heat equation under the Ricci flow.     

Global gradient estimate on graph and its applications

Continuing our previous work(ar Xiv:1509.07981v1),we derive another global gradient estimate for positive functions,particularly for positive solutions to the heat equation on finite or locally finite graphs.In general,the gradient estimate in the present paper is independent of our previous one.As applications,it can be used to get an upper bound and a lower bound of the heat kernel on locally finite graphs.These global gradient estimates can be compared with the Li–Yau inequality on graphs contributed by Bauer et al.[J.Differential Geom.,99,359–409(2015)].In many topics,such as eigenvalue estimate and heat kernel estimate(not including the Liouville type theorems),replacing the Li–Yau inequality by the global gradient estimate,we can get similar results.     

Duality on gradient estimates and Wasserstein controls

We establish a duality between Lp-Wasserstein control and Lq-gradient estimate in a general framework. Our result extends a known result for a heat flow on a Riemannian manifold. Especially, we can derive a Wasserstein control of a heat flow directly from the corresponding gradient estimate of the heat semigroup without using any other notion of lower curvature bound. By applying our result to a subelliptic heat flow on a Lie group, we obtain a coupling of heat distributions which carries a good control of their relative distance.     

Elliptic gradient estimates for diffusion operators on complete riemannian manifolds

In this note, we obtain the elliptic estimate for diffusion operator L = Δ + ∇??∇ on complete, noncompact Riemannian manifolds, under the curvature condition CD(K,m), which generalizes B. L. Kotschwar's work [5]. As an application, we get estimate on the heat kernel. The Bernstein-type gradient estimate for Schrödinger-type gradient is also derived.     

Sharp Gradient Estimate and Yau's Liouville Theorem for the Heat Equation on Noncompact Manifolds

We derive a sharp, localized version of elliptic type gradientestimates for positive solutions (bounded or not) to the heatequation. These estimates are related to the Cheng–Yauestimate for the Laplace equation and Hamilton's estimate forbounded solutions to the heat equation on compact manifolds.As applications, we generalize Yau's celebrated Liouville theoremfor positive harmonic functions to positive ancient (includingeternal) solutions of the heat equation, under certain growthconditions. Surprisingly this Liouville theorem for the heatequation does not hold even in Rⁿ without such a condition.We also prove a sharpened long-time gradient estimate for thelog of the heat kernel on noncompact manifolds. 2000 MathematicsSubject Classification 35K05, 58J35.     

A new entropy formula for the linear heat equation

We give a monotonicity entropy formula for the linear heat equation on complete manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below. As its applications, we get a differential Harnack inequality and a lower bound estimate about the heat kernel.     

Harnack inequality for nondivergent parabolic operators on Riemannian manifolds

We consider second-order linear parabolic operators in non-divergence form that are intrinsically defined on Riemannian manifolds. In the elliptic case, Cabré proved a global Krylov-Safonov Harnack inequality under the assumption that the sectional curvature of the underlying manifold is nonnegative. Later, Kim improved Cabré’s result by replacing the curvature condition by a certain condition on the distance function. Assuming essentially the same condition introduced by Kim, we establish Krylov-Safonov Harnack inequality for nonnegative solutions of the non-divergent parabolic equation. This, in particular, gives a new proof for Li-Yau Harnack inequality for positive solutions to the heat equation in a manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature.     

Hamilton's gradient estimate for the heat kernel on complete manifolds

In this paper we extend a gradient estimate of R. Hamilton for positive solutions to the heat equation on closed manifolds to bounded positive solutions on complete, non-compact manifolds with . We accomplish this extension via a maximum principle of L. Karp and P. Li and a Berstein-type estimate on the gradient of the solution. An application of our result, together with the bounds of P. Li and S.T. Yau, yields an estimate on the gradient of the heat kernel for complete manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature that is sharp in the order of for the heat kernel on .

     

The conjugate heat equation and Ancient solutions of the Ricci flow

We prove Gaussian type bounds for the fundamental solution of the conjugate heat equation evolving under the Ricci flow. As a consequence, for dimension 4 and higher, we show that the backward limit of Type I κ-solutions of the Ricci flow must be a non-flat gradient shrinking Ricci soliton. This extends Perelman?s previous result on backward limits of κ-solutions in dimension 3, in which case the curvature operator is nonnegative (it follows from Hamilton–Ivey curvature pinching estimate). As an application, this also addresses an issue left in Naber (2010) [23], where Naber proves the interesting result that there exists a Type I dilation limit that converges to a gradient shrinking Ricci soliton, but that soliton might be flat. The Gaussian bounds that we obtain on the fundamental solution of the conjugate heat equation under evolving metric might be of independent interest.     

The Li-Yau-Hamilton estimate and the Yang-Mills heat equation on manifolds with boundary

The paper pursues two connected goals. Firstly, we establish the Li-Yau-Hamilton estimate for the heat equation on a manifold M with nonempty boundary. Results of this kind are typically used to prove monotonicity formulas related to geometric flows. Secondly, we establish bounds for a solution ∇(t) of the Yang-Mills heat equation in a vector bundle over M. The Li-Yau-Hamilton estimate is utilized in the proofs. Our results imply that the curvature of ∇(t) does not blow up if the dimension of M is less than 4 or if the initial energy of ∇(t) is sufficiently small.     

流形上的微分Harnack 估计

In the thesis, we study the differential Harnack estimate for the heat equation of the Hodge Laplacian deformation of (p, p)-forms on both fixed and evolving (by Kähler-Ricci flow) Kähler manifolds, which generalize the known differential Harnack estimates for (1, 1)-forms. On a Kähler manifold, we define a new curvature cone C_p and prove that the cone is invariant under Kähler-Ricci flow and that the cone ensures the preservation of the nonnegativity of the solutions to Hodge Laplacian heat equation. After identifying the curvature conditions, we prove the sharp differential Harnack estimates for the positive solution to the Hodge Laplacian heat equation. We also prove a nonlinear version coupled with the Kähler-Ricci flow after obtaining some interpolating matrix differential Harnack type estimates for curvature operators between Hamilton’s and Cao’s matrix Harnack estimates. Similarly, we define another new curvature cone, which is invariant under Ricci flow, and prove another interpolating matrix differential Harnack estimates for curvature operators on Riemannian manifolds.     

The condition on the stability of stationary lines in a curvature flow in the whole plane

The long time behavior of a curve in the whole plane moving by a curvature flow is studied. Studying the Cauchy problem, we deal with moving curves represented by entire graphs on the x-axis. Here the initial curves are given by bounded functions on the x-axis. It is proved that the solution converges uniformly to the solution of the Cauchy problem of the heat equation with the same initial value. The difference is of order O(t−1/2) as time goes to infinity. The proof is based on the decay estimates for the derivatives of the solution. By virtue of the stability results for the heat equation, our result gives the sufficient and necessary condition on the stability of constant solutions that represent stationary lines of the curvature flow in the whole plane.     

Random differences in Szemerédi’s theorem and related results

We extend the interior gradient estimate due to Korevaar-Simon for solutions of the mean curvature equation from the case of euclidean graphs to the general case of Killing graphs. Our main application is the proof of existence of Killing graphs with prescribed mean curvature function for continuous boundary data, thus extending a result due to Dajczer, Hinojosa, and Lira. In addition, we prove the existence and uniqueness of radial graphs in hyperbolic space with prescribed mean curvature function and asymptotic boundary data at infinity.     

Harnack Differential Inequalities for the Parabolic Equation ut=LF(u) on Riemannian Manifolds and Applications

In this paper, let(M~n, g) be an n-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold with the mdimensional Bakry–mery Ricci curvature bounded below. By using the maximum principle, we first prove a Li–Yau type Harnack differential inequality for positive solutions to the parabolic equation u_t= LF(u)=ΔF(u)-f·F(u),on compact Riemannian manifolds Mn, where F∈C~2(0, ∞), F0 and f is a C~2-smooth function defined on M~n. As application, the Harnack differential inequalities for fast diffusion type equation and porous media type equation are derived. On the other hand, we derive a local Hamilton type gradient estimate for positive solutions of the degenerate parabolic equation on complete Riemannian manifolds. As application, related local Hamilton type gradient estimate and Harnack inequality for fast dfiffusion type equation are established. Our results generalize some known results.     

Differential Harnack Estimates for Time-Dependent Heat Equations with Potentials

In this paper, we prove a differential Harnack inequality for positive solutions of time-dependent heat equations with potentials. We also prove a gradient estimate for the positive solution of the time-dependent heat equation.     

A Gradient Estimate for Solutions of the Heat Equation II

The author obtains an estimate for the spatial gradient of solutions of the heat equation, subject to a homogeneous Neumann boundary condition, in terms of the gradient of the initial data. The proof is accomplished via the maximum principle; the main assumption is that the sufficiently smooth boundary be convex.     

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to a class of nonlinear wave equations of sixth order with damping

We investigate the initial value problem for a class of nonlinear wave equations of sixth order with damping. The decay structure of this equation is of the regularity‐loss type, which causes difficulty in high‐frequency region. By using the Fourier splitting frequency technique and energy method in Fourier space, we establish asymptotic profiles of solutions to the linear equation that is given by the convolution of the fundamental solutions of heat and free wave equation. Moreover, the asymptotic profile of solutions shows the decay estimate of solutions to the corresponding linear equation obtained in this paper that is optimal under some conditions. Finally, global existence and optimal decay estimate of solutions to this equation are also established. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Spatial behaviour of solutions of the three-phase-lag heat equation

In this paper we study the spatial behaviour of solutions for the three-phase-lag heat equation on a semi-infinite cylinder. The theory of three-phase-lag heat conduction leads to a hyperbolic partial differential equation with a fourth-order derivative with respect to time. First, we investigate the spatial evolution of solutions of an initial boundary-value problem with zero boundary conditions on the lateral surface of the cylinder. Under a boundedness restriction on the initial data, an energy estimate is obtained. An upper bound for the amplitude term in this estimate in terms of the initial and boundary data is also established. For the case of zero initial conditions, a more explicit estimate is obtained which shows that solutions decay exponentially along certain spatial-time lines. A class of non-standard problems is also considered for which the temperature and its first two time derivatives at a fixed time T₀ are assumed proportional to their initial values. These results are relevant in the context of the Saint-Venant Principle for heat conduction problems.