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Gradient estimates for a nonlinear parabolic equation on smooth metric measure spaces with evolving metrics and potentials

Analysis of PDEs 2023-03-13 v1

Abstract

This article presents new parabolic and elliptic type gradient estimates for positive smooth solutions to a nonlinear parabolic equation involving the Witten Laplacian in the context of smooth metric measure spaces. The metric and potential here are time dependent and evolve under a super Perelman-Ricci flow. The estimates are derived under natural lower bounds on the associated generalised Bakry-\'Emery Ricci curvature tensors and are utilised in establishing fairly general local and global bounds, Harnack-type inequalities and Liouville-type global constancy theorems to mention a few. Other implications and consequences of the results are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2303.05802,
  title  = {Gradient estimates for a nonlinear parabolic equation on smooth metric measure spaces with evolving metrics and potentials},
  author = {Ali Taheri and Vahideh Vahidifar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.05802},
  year   = {2023}
}

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41 pages