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Maximum principle and convergence of fundamental solutions for the Ricci flow

Differential Geometry 2007-11-09 v1

Abstract

In this paper we will prove a maximum principle for the solutions of linear parabolic equation on complete non-compact manifolds with a time varying metric. We will prove the convergence of the Neumann Green function of the conjugate heat equation for the Ricci flow in Bk×(0,T)B_k\times (0,T) to the minimal fundamental solution of the conjugate heat equation as kk\to\infty. We will prove the uniqueness of the fundamental solution under some exponential decay assumption on the fundamental solution. We will also give a detail proof of the convergence of the fundamental solutions of the conjugate heat equation for a sequence of pointed Ricci flow (Mk×(α,0],xk,gk)(M_k\times (-\alpha,0],x_k,g_k) to the fundamental solution of the limit manifold as kk\to\infty which was used without proof by Perelman in his proof of the pseudolocality theorem for Ricci flow.

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@article{arxiv.0711.1236,
  title  = {Maximum principle and convergence of fundamental solutions for the Ricci flow},
  author = {Shu-Yu Hsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1236},
  year   = {2007}
}

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