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Strong uniqueness and rectifiability of generalized cylindrical singularities in Ricci flow

Differential Geometry 2026-05-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we extend the results of \cite{fang2025strong, fang2025singular} to generalized cylinders. More precisely, we establish a Lojasiewicz inequality for the pointed W\mathcal{W}-entropy in Ricci flow under the assumption that the geometry near the base point is close to a generalized cylinder Rk×Nnk\mathbb{R}^k \times N^{n-k}, where NN is an Einstein manifold with obstruction of order three satisfying a suitable spectral condition. As an application, we prove the strong uniqueness of generalized cylindrical tangent flows. Furthermore, we show that the subset Sqck(N)Sk\mathcal{S}^k_{\mathrm{qc}}(N)\subset \mathcal{S}^k, consisting of points at which some tangent flow is given by Rk×Nnk\mathbb{R}^k \times N^{n-k} or its quotient, is horizontally parabolic kk-rectifiable.

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@article{arxiv.2605.17001,
  title  = {Strong uniqueness and rectifiability of generalized cylindrical singularities in Ricci flow},
  author = {Hanbing Fang and Yu Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.17001},
  year   = {2026}
}