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A harmonic map flow associated with the standard solution of Ricci flow

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let (Rn,g(t))(\Bbb{R}^n,g(t)), 0tT0\le t\le T, n3n\ge 3, be a standard solution of the Ricci flow with radially symmetric initial data g0g_0. We will extend a recent existence result of P. Lu and G. Tian and prove that for any t0[0,T)t_0\in [0,T) there exists a solution of the corresponding harmonic map flow ϕt:(Rn,g(t))(Rn,g(t0))\phi_t:(\Bbb{R}^n,g(t))\to (\Bbb{R}^n,g(t_0)) satisfying ϕt/t=Δg(t),g(t0)ϕt\partial \phi_t/\partial t=\Delta_{g(t),g(t_0)}\phi_t of the form ϕt(r,θ)=(ρ(r,t),θ)\phi_t(r,\theta) =(\rho (r,t),\theta) in polar coordinates in Rn×(t0,T0)\Bbb{R}^n\times (t_0,T_0), ϕt0(r,θ)=(r,θ)\phi_{t_0}(r,\theta)=(r,\theta), where r=r(t)r=r(t) is the radial co-ordinate with respect to g(t)g(t) and T0=sup{t1(t0,T]:ρ~(,t)L(R+)+ρ~/r(,t)L(R+)<t0<tt1}T_0=\sup\{t_1\in (t_0,T]: \|\widetilde{\rho}(\cdot ,t)\|_{L^{\infty}(\Bbb{R}^+)} +\|\partial\widetilde{\rho}/\partial r(\cdot ,t)\|_{L^{\infty}(\Bbb{R}^+)} <\infty\quad\forall t_0<t\le t_1\} with ρ~(r,t)=log(ρ(r,t)/r)\widetilde{\rho}(r,t) =\log (\rho(r,t)/r). We will also prove the uniqueness of solution of the harmonic map flow. We will also use the same technique to prove that the solution uu of the heat equation in (Ω{0})×(0,T)(\Omega\setminus\{0\})\times (0,T) has removable singularities at {0}×(0,T)\{0\}\times (0,T), ΩRm\Omega\subset\Bbb{R}^m, m3m\ge 3, if and only if u(x,t)=O(x2m)|u(x,t)|=O(|x|^{2-m}) locally uniformly on every compact subset of (0,T)(0,T).

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0702168,
  title  = {A harmonic map flow associated with the standard solution of Ricci flow},
  author = {Shu-Yu Hsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702168},
  year   = {2007}
}

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21 pages

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