Let {g(t)}t∈[0,T) be the solution of the Ricci flow on a closed Riemannian manifold Mn with n≥3. Without any assumption, we derive lower volume bounds of the form Volg(t)≥C(T−t)2n, where C depends only on n, T and g(0). In particular, we show that Volg(t)≥eTλ−2n((A(λ−r)+4B)T4)2n(T−t)2n, where r:=inf∥ϕ∥22=1∫MRϕ2dvolg(0), λ:=inf∥ϕ∥22=1∫M4∣∇ϕ∣2+Rϕ2dvolg(0) and A,B are Sobolev constants of (M,g(0)). This estimate is sharp in the sense that it is achieved by the unit sphere with scalar curvature Rg(0)=n(n−1) and A=n(n−2)4ωn−n2, B=n−2n−1ωn−n2. On the other hand, if the diameter satisfies diamg(t)≤c1T−t and there exist a point x0∈M such that R(x0,t)≤c2(T−t)−1, then we have Volg(t)≤C(T−t)2n for all t>2T, where C depends only on c1,c2,n,T and g(0).
@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}
}