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Uniqueness of Ricci flow with scaling invariant estimates

Differential Geometry 2026-04-14 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this work, we prove uniqueness for complete non-compact Ricci flow with scaling invariant curvature bound. This generalizes the earlier work of Chen-Zhu, Kotschwar and covers most of the example of Ricci flows with unbounded curvature. In dimension three, we use it to show that complete Ricci flow starting from uniformly non-collapsed, non-negatively curved manifold is unique, extending the strong uniqueness Theorem of Chen. This is based on solving Ricci-harmonic map heat flow in unbounded curvature background.

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@article{arxiv.2503.20292,
  title  = {Uniqueness of Ricci flow with scaling invariant estimates},
  author = {Man-Chun Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.20292},
  year   = {2026}
}

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24 pages. Printing mistakes corrected. Minor detail added