A universal bound on the gradient of logarithm of the heat kernel for manifolds with bounded Ricci curvature

We derive a gradient estimate for the logarithm of the heat kernel on a Riemannian manifold with Ricci curvature bounded from below. The bound is universal in the sense that it depends only on the lower bound of Ricci curvature, dimension and diameter of the manifold. Imposing a more restrictive non-collapsing condition allows one to sharpen this estimate for the values of time parameter close to zero.     

The first eigenvalue of a closed manifold with positive Ricci curvature

We give a new estimate on the lower bound for the first positive eigenvalue of the Laplacian on a closed manifold with positive Ricci curvature in terms of the lower bound of the Ricci curvature and the largest interior radius of the nodal domains of eigenfunctions of the eigenvalue.

     

On a sharp volume estimate for gradient Ricci solitons with scalar curvature bounded below

In this note, we obtain a sharp volume estimate for complete gradient Ricci solitons with scalar curvature bounded below by a positive constant. Using Chen-Yokota’s argument we obtain a local lower bound estimate of the scalar curvature for the Ricci flow on complete manifolds. Consequently, one has a sharp estimate of the scalar curvature for expanding Ricci solitons; we also provide a direct (elliptic) proof of this sharp estimate. Moreover, if the scalar curvature attains its minimum value at some point, then the manifold is Einstein.     

The first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a compact manifold and the Yang conjecture

We give a new estimate on the lower bound of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of a compact Riemannian manifold with negative lower bound of Ricci curvature and provide a solution for a conjecture of H. C. Yang. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Rigidity and sphere theorem for manifolds with positive Ricci curvature

LetM be a complete Riemannian manifold with Ricci curvature having a positive lower bound. In this paper, we prove some rigidity theorems forM by the existence of a nice minimal hypersurface and a sphere theorem aboutM. We also generalize a Myers theorem stating that there is no closed immersed minimal submanifolds in an open hemisphere to the case that the ambient space is a complete Riemannian manifold withk-th Ricci curvature having a positive lower bound. Supported by the JSPS postdoctoral fellowship and NSF of China     

Ricci curvature,radial curvature and large volume growth

In this paper, we study complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below. When the Ricci curvature is nonnegative, we show that this kind of manifolds are diffeomorphic to a Euclidean space, by assuming an upper bound on the radial curvature and a volume growth condition of their geodesic balls. When the Ricci curvature only has a lower bound, we also prove that such a manifold is diffeomorphic to a Euclidean space if the radial curvature is bounded from below. Moreover, by assuming different conditions and applying different methods, we shall prove more results on Riemannian manifolds with large volume growth.     

Rigidity of conformally compact manifolds with the round sphere as the conformal infinity

In this paper, we prove that under a lower bound on the Ricci curvature and an assumption on the asymptotic behavior of the scalar curvature, a complete conformally compact manifold whose conformal boundary is the round sphere has to be the hyperbolic space. It generalizes similar previous results where stronger conditions on the Ricci curvature or restrictions on dimension are imposed.     

Complete gradient shrinking Ricci solitons have finite topological type

We show that a complete Riemannian manifold has finite topological type (i.e., homeomorphic to the interior of a compact manifold with boundary), provided its Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor has a positive lower bound, and either of the following conditions:(i) the Ricci curvature is bounded from above;(ii) the Ricci curvature is bounded from below and injectivity radius is bounded away from zero.Moreover, a complete shrinking Ricci soliton has finite topological type if its scalar curvature is bounded. To cite this article: F.-q. Fang et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 346 (2008).     

Ricci曲率平行的一类Riemann流形的C~∞紧性(英文)

本文证明,在Ｇｒｏｍｏｖ－Ｈａｕｓｄｏｒｆｆ拓扑下,Ｒｉｃｃｉ曲率平行,截面曲率和单一半径有下界,体积有上界的Ｒｉｅｍａｎｎ流形的集合是ｃ∞紧的．作为应用,我们证明一个ｐｉｎｃｈｉｎｇ结果,即在某些条件下,Ｒｕｃｃｉ平坦的流形必定平坦．     

Myers’ type theorem with the Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor

In this paper, we prove a new Myers’ type diameter estimate on a complete connected Reimannian manifold which admits a bounded vector field such that the Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor has a positive lower bound. The result is sharper than previous Myers’ type results. The proof uses the generalized mean curvature comparison applied to the excess function instead of the classical second variation of geodesics.     

A volume comparison theorem for characteristic numbers

We show that assuming lower bounds on the Ricci curvature and the injectivity radius the absolute value of certain characteristic numbers of a Riemannian manifold, including all Pontryagin and Chern numbers, is bounded proportionally to the volume. The proof relies on Chern–Weil theory applied to a connection constructed from Euclidean connections on charts in which the metric tensor is harmonic and has bounded Hölder norm. We generalize this theorem to a Gromov–Hausdorff closed class of rough Riemannian manifolds defined in terms of Hölder regularity. Assuming an additional upper Ricci curvature bound, we show that also the Euler characteristic is bounded proportionally to the volume. Additionally, we remark on a volume comparison theorem for Betti numbers of manifolds with an additional upper bound on sectional curvature. It is a consequence of a result by Bowen.

     

On the fundamental group of manifolds with almost nonnegative Ricci curvature

Gromov conjectured that the fundamental group of a manifold with almost nonnegative Ricci curvature is almost nilpotent. This conjecture is proved under the additional assumption on the conjugate radius. We show that there exists a nilpotent subgroup of finite index depending on a lower bound of the conjugate radius.

     

Local gradient estimate for harmonic functions on Finsler manifolds

In this paper, we prove the local gradient estimate for harmonic functions on complete, noncompact Finsler measure spaces under the condition that the weighted Ricci curvature has a lower bound. As applications, we obtain Liouville type theorems on noncompact Finsler manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.     

Eigenvalue estimates of the Dirac operator depending on the Ricci tensor

We prove a new lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a compact Riemannian spin manifold by refined Weitzenb?ck techniques. It applies to manifolds with harmonic curvature tensor and depends on the Ricci tensor. Examples show how it behaves compared to other known bounds. Received: 20 April 2001 / Published online: 5 September 2002     

ESTIMATE ON LOWER BOUND OF THE FIRST EIGENVALUE OF A COMPACT RIEMANNIAN MANIFOLD

The author gives an optimum estimate of the first eigenvalue of a compact Riemannian manifold. It is shown that let M be a compact Riemannian manifold, then the first eigenvalue λ_1 of the Laplace operator of M satisfies α_1+max{0,-(n-1)K}≥π~2/d~2 where d is the diameter of M and (n-1)K is the negative lower bound of the Ricci curvature of M.     

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.     

A Note on the First Eigenvalue of Hypersurfaces

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紧流形上的Schrodinger算子的谱间隙估计

M是一个n维紧黎曼流形,具有严格凸边界,且Ricci曲率不小于(n-1)K(其中K≥0为某个常数).假定Schrodinger算子的Dirichlet (或Robin)特征值问题的第一特征函数f1在M上是对数凹的,该文得到了此类Schrodinger算子的前两个Dirichlet(或Robin)特征值之差的下界估计,这推广了最近Andrews等人在R^n中有界凸区域上关于Laplace算子的一个相应结果[4].     

Lower estimates for the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator on doubly connected domains in a Riemannian manifold

Explicit lower estimates for the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in doubly connected domains of a Riemannian manifold are obtained, without any assumption on the mean convexity of the boundary of the domain, assuming either an upper bound of the sectional curvature, a lower bound of the Ricci curvature, or in highly symmetric manifolds where the Laplacian of the distance function to a fixed point depends only on the distance. Asymptotic properties are also analyzed. In many cases our estimates improve the classical and more recent ones.     

Ricci flow on Kähler-Einstein surfaces

In this paper, we prove that if M is a K?hler-Einstein surface with positive scalar curvature, if the initial metric has nonnegative sectional curvature, and the curvature is positive somewhere, then the K?hler-Ricci flow converges to a K?hler-Einstein metric with constant bisectional curvature. In a subsequent paper [7], we prove the same result for general K?hler-Einstein manifolds in all dimension. This gives an affirmative answer to a long standing problem in K?hler Ricci flow: On a compact K?hler-Einstein manifold, does the K?hler-Ricci flow converge to a K?hler-Einstein metric if the initial metric has a positive bisectional curvature? Our main method is to find a set of new functionals which are essentially decreasing under the K?hler Ricci flow while they have uniform lower bounds. This property gives the crucial estimate we need to tackle this problem. Oblatum 8-IX-2000 & 30-VII-2001?Published online: 19 November 2001