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Volume bounds of the Ricci flow on closed manifolds

Differential Geometry 2018-03-28 v1

Abstract

Let {g(t)}t[0,T)\{g(t)\}_{t\in [0,T)} be the solution of the Ricci flow on a closed Riemannian manifold MnM^n with n3n\geq 3. Without any assumption, we derive lower volume bounds of the form Volg(t)C(Tt)n2{\rm Vol}_{g(t)}\geq C (T-t)^{\frac{n}{2}}, where CC depends only on nn, TT and g(0)g(0). In particular, we show that Volg(t)eTλn2(4(A(λr)+4B)T)n2(Tt)n2,{\rm Vol}_{g(t)} \geq e^{ T\lambda-\frac{n}{2}} \left(\frac{4}{(A(\lambda-r)+4B)T}\right)^{\frac{n}{2}}\left(T-t\right)^{\frac{n}{2}}, where r:=infϕ22=1MRϕ2 dvolg(0)r:=\inf_{\|\phi\|_2^2=1} \int_M R\phi^2 \ d{\rm vol}_{g(0)}, λ:=infϕ22=1M4ϕ2+Rϕ2 dvolg(0)\lambda:=\inf_{\|\phi\|_2^2=1} \int_M 4|\nabla\phi|^2+R\phi^2\ d{\rm vol}_{g(0)} and A,BA,B are Sobolev constants of (M,g(0))(M,g(0)). This estimate is sharp in the sense that it is achieved by the unit sphere with scalar curvature Rg(0)=n(n1)R_{g(0)}=n(n-1) and A=4n(n2)ωn2nA=\frac{4}{n(n-2)}\omega_n^{-\frac{2}{n}}, B=n1n2ωn2nB=\frac{n-1}{n-2}\omega_n^{-\frac{2}{n}}. On the other hand, if the diameter satisfies diamg(t)c1Tt{\rm diam}_{g(t)}\leq c_1\sqrt{T-t} and there exist a point x0Mx_0\in M such that R(x0,t)c2(Tt)1R(x_0,t)\leq c_2(T-t)^{-1}, then we have Volg(t)C(Tt)n2{\rm Vol}_{g(t)}\leq C (T-t)^{\frac{n}{2}} for all t>T2t>\frac{T}{2}, where CC depends only on c1,c2,n,Tc_1,c_2,n,T and g(0)g(0).

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@article{arxiv.1803.09591,
  title  = {Volume bounds of the Ricci flow on closed manifolds},
  author = {Chih-Wei Chen and Zhenlei Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.09591},
  year   = {2018}
}