Localization and tensorization properties of the curvature-dimension condition for metric measure spaces

This paper is devoted to the analysis of metric measure spaces satisfying locally the curvature-dimension condition CD(K,N) introduced by the second author and also studied by Lott & Villani. We prove that the local version of CD(K,N) is equivalent to a global condition CD^∗(K,N), slightly weaker than the (usual, global) curvature-dimension condition. This so-called reduced curvature-dimension condition CD^∗(K,N) has the local-to-global property. We also prove the tensorization property for CD^∗(K,N). As an application we conclude that the fundamental group π₁(M,x₀) of a metric measure space (M,d,m) is finite whenever it satisfies locally the curvature-dimension condition CD(K,N) with positive K and finite N.     

Mass transportation and rough curvature bounds for discrete spaces

We introduce and study rough (approximate) lower curvature bounds for discrete spaces and for graphs. This notion agrees with the one introduced in [J. Lott, C. Villani, Ricci curvature for metric-measure spaces via optimal transport, Ann. of Math. 169 (2009), in press] and [K.T. Sturm, On the geometry of metric measure spaces. I, Acta Math. 196 (2006) 65-131], in the sense that the metric measure space which is approximated by a sequence of discrete spaces with rough curvature ?K will have curvature ?K in the sense of [J. Lott, C. Villani, Ricci curvature for metric-measure spaces via optimal transport, Ann. of Math. 169 (2009), in press; K.T. Sturm, On the geometry of metric measure spaces. I, Acta Math. 196 (2006) 65-131]. Moreover, in the converse direction, discretizations of metric measure spaces with curvature ?K will have rough curvature ?K. We apply our results to concrete examples of homogeneous planar graphs.     

On the Ricci curvature of steady gradient Ricci solitons

Assume (Mn,g) is a complete steady gradient Ricci soliton with positive Ricci curvature. If the scalar curvature approaches 0 towards infinity, we prove that , where O is the point where R obtains its maximum and γ(s) is a minimal normal geodesic emanating from O. Some other results on the Ricci curvature are also obtained.     

Ricci flow on a 3-manifold with positive scalar curvature

In this paper we consider Hamilton's Ricci flow on a 3-manifold with a metric of positive scalar curvature. We establish several a priori estimates for the Ricci flow which we believe are important in understanding possible singularities of the Ricci flow. For Ricci flow with initial metric of positive scalar curvature, we obtain a sharp estimate on the norm of the Ricci curvature in terms of the scalar curvature (which is not trivial even if the initial metric has non-negative Ricci curvature, a fact which is essential in Hamilton's estimates [R.S. Hamilton, Three-manifolds with positive Ricci curvature, J. Differential Geom. 17 (1982) 255-306]), some L²-estimates for the gradients of the Ricci curvature, and finally the Harnack type estimates for the Ricci curvature. These results are established through careful (and rather complicated and lengthy) computations, integration by parts and the maximum principles for parabolic equations.     

Conformal vector fields on complete Finsler spaces of constant Ricci curvature

In this work, it is proved that if a complete Finsler manifold of positive constant Ricci curvature admits a solution to a certain ODE, then it is homeomorphic to the n-sphere. Next, a geometric meaning is obtained for solutions of this ODE, which is applicable to Einstein–Randers spaces. Moreover, some results on Finsler spaces admitting a special conformal vector field are obtained.     

A splitting theorem for manifolds of almost nonnegative Ricci curvature

Cheeger and Gromoll proved that a closed Riemannian manifold of nonnegative Ricci curvature is, up to a finite cover, diffeomorphic to a direct product of a simply connected manifold and a torus. In this paper, we extend this theorem to manifolds of almost nonnegative Ricci curvature.     

Boundary behavior of harmonic functions on metric measure spaces with non-negative Ricci curvature

Let (X, d, μ) be a metric measure space with non-negative Ricci curvature. This paper is concerned with the boundary behavior of harmonic function on the (open) upper half-space X\times {\text{ℝ}}_{+}. We derive that a function f of bounded mean oscillation (BMO) is the trace of harmonic function u(x,t) on X\times {\text{ℝ}}_{+},u(x,0)=f\left(x\right), whenever u satisfies the following Carleson measure condition where \nabla =({\nabla }_x,{\partial }_t) denotes the total gradient and B(x_B,r_B) denotes the (open) ball centered at x_B with radius r_B. Conversely, the above condition characterizes all the harmonic functions whose traces are in BMO space.     

Volume entropy based on integral Ricci curvature and volume ratio

For a compact Riemannian manifold M, we obtain an explicit upper bound of the volume entropy with an integral of Ricci curvature on M and a volume ratio between two balls in the universal covering space.     

Greatest lower bounds on Ricci curvature for toric Fano manifolds

In this short note, based on the work of Wang and Zhu (2004) [8], we determine the greatest lower bounds on Ricci curvature for all toric Fano manifolds.     

Injectivity radius bound of Ricci flow with positive Ricci curvature and applications

We study the injectivity radius bound for 3-d Ricci flow with bounded curvature. As applications, we show the long time existence of the Ricci flow with positive Ricci curvature and with curvature decay condition at infinity. We partially settle a question of Chow-Lu-Ni [Hamilton’s Ricci Flow, p. 302].     

New connected sums with positive Ricci curvature

We construct a new infinite family of Ricci positive manifolds, generalising a well-known result of Sha and Yang.      

Lipschitz-volume rigidity on limit spaces with Ricci curvature bounded from below

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.     

Rigidity of compact manifolds with boundary and nonnegative Ricci curvature

Let be an ()-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature and nonempty boundary . Assume that the principal curvatures of are bounded from below by a positive constant . In this paper, we prove that the first nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplacian of acting on functions on satisfies with equality holding if and only if is isometric to an -dimensional Euclidean ball of radius . Some related rigidity theorems for are also proved.

     

Embedding of RCD⁎(K,N) spaces in L2 via eigenfunctions

In this paper we study the family of embeddings ${\mathrm{\Phi }}_t$ of a compact ${\mathrm{RCD}}^{?}(K,N)$ space $(X,\mathsf{d},\mathfrak{m})$ into $L^2(X,\mathfrak{m})$ via eigenmaps. Extending part of the classical results [10], [11] known for closed Riemannian manifolds, we prove convergence as $t\downarrow 0$ of the rescaled pull-back metrics ${\mathrm{\Phi }}_t^{?}{g}_{L^2}$ in $L^2(X,\mathfrak{m})$ induced by ${\mathrm{\Phi }}_t$. Moreover we discuss the behavior of ${\mathrm{\Phi }}_t^{?}{g}_{L^2}$ with respect to measured Gromov-Hausdorff convergence and t. Applications include the quantitative $L^p$-convergence in the noncollapsed setting for all $p<\infty$, a result new even for closed Riemannian manifolds and Alexandrov spaces.     

Submanifolds of positive Ricci curvature in a Euclidean space

In this paper we study the role of constant vector fields on a Euclidean space R ^n+p in shaping the geometry of its compact submanifolds. For an n-dimensional compact submanifold M of the Euclidean space R ^n+p with mean curvature vector field H and a constant vector field on R ^n+p , the smooth function is used to obtain a characterization of sphere among compact submanifolds of positive Ricci curvature (cf. main Theorem).      

De Lellis-Topping type inequalities on smooth metric measure spaces

We obtain some De Lellis-Topping type inequalities on the smooth metric measure spaces, some of them are as generalization of De Lellis-Topping type inequality that was proved by X. Cheng [Ann. Global Anal. Geom., 2013, 43: 153-160].