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Based on gradient estimates for the heat equation by Hamilton, we discover a backward in time Harnack inequality for positive solutions on compact manifolds without further restrictions such as boundedness or vanishing boundary value for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Juanling Lu , Yuting Wu , Qi S. Zhang

Based on a suggestion of Richard Hamilton, we give an alternate proof of his matrix Harnack inequality for solutions of the Ricci flow with positive curvature operator. This Harnack inequality says that a certain endomorphism, consisting of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bennett Chow

Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold with a family of Riemannian metrics $g_{ij}(t)$ evolving by geometric flow $\partial_{t}g_{ij} = -2{S}_{ij}$, where $S_{ij}(t)$ is a family of smooth symmetric two-tensors on $M$. In this paper we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-02-19 Hongxin Guo , Masashi Ishida

We prove constrained trace, matrix and constrained matrix Harnack inequalities for the nonlinear heat equation $\omega_t=\Delta\omega+a\omega\ln \omega$ on closed manifolds. We also derive a new interpolated Harnack inequality for the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-29 Jia-Yong Wu

In this article we derive gradient estimation for positive solution of the equation \begin{equation*} (\partial_t-\Delta_f)u = A(u)p(x,t) + B(u)q(x,t) + \mathcal{G}(u) \end{equation*} on a weighted Riemannian manifold evolving along the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-17 Yanlin Li , Abimbola Abolarinwa , Suraj Ghosh , Shyamal Kumar Hui

We derive a matrix version of Li \& Yau--type estimates for positive solutions of semilinear heat equations on Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative sectional curvatures and parallel Ricci tensor, similarly to what R.~Hamilton did…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-30 Giacomo Ascione , Daniele Castorina , Giovanni Catino , Carlo Mantegazza

In [10], R. Hamilton established a differential Harnack inequality for solutions to the Ricci flow with nonnegative curvature operator. We show that this inequality holds under the weaker condition that M x R^2 has nonnegative isotropic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-25 S. Brendle

In this paper, we will recover Hamilton's Harnack inequality for the Ricci flow from the view point of Hyperbolic thermostat.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-21 Tatsuhiko Kobayashi

In this paper we prove matrix Li-Yau-Hamilton estimates for positive solutions to the heat equation and the backward conjugate heat equation, both coupled with the Ricci flow. We then apply such estimates to establish the monotonicity of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-20 Xiaolong Li , Qi S. Zhang

In this paper we consider the class $\mathcal{A}$ of those solutions $u(x,t)$ to the conjugate heat equation $\frac{d}{dt}u = -\Delta u + Ru$ on compact K\"ahler manifolds $M$ with $c_1 > 0$ (where $g(t)$ changes by the unnormalized…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Richard Hamilton , Natasa Sesum

In this paper, we prove logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and derive the Hamilton Harnack inequality for the heat semigroup of the Witten Laplacian on complete Riemannian manifolds equipped with $K$-super Perelman Ricci flow. We establish…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-09 Songzi Li , Xiang-Dong Li

In this paper, we derive a Sobolev inequality along an extended Ricci flow and prove a point-wise Guassian type bound for the fundamental solutions of the conjugate heat equation under the flow.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Xian-Gao Liu , Kui Wang

We show that the linear trace Harnack quadratic on a steady gradient Ricci soliton satisfies the heat equation. Similar result holds for shrinkers. We also present an interpolation between Perelman's and Cao--Hamilton's Harnacks on a steady…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-19 Bennett Chow , Peng Lu

We introduce the notion of Canonical Expanding Ricci Soliton, and use it to derive new Harnack inequalities for Ricci flow. This viewpoint also gives geometric insight into the existing Harnack inequalities of Hamilton and Brendle.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-30 Esther Cabezas-Rivas , Peter M. Topping

This paper defines a parabolic frequency for solutions of the heat equation on a Ricci flow and proves it's monotonicity along the flow. Frequency monotonicity is known to have many useful consequences; here it is shown to provide a simple…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-08-01 Julius Baldauf , Dain Kim

We give a proof of Gaussian upper bound for the heat kernel coupled with the Ricci ow. Previous proofs by Lei Ni [5] use Harnack inequality and doubling volume property, also the recent proof by Zhang and Cao [6] uses Sobolev type…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-12-21 Koléhé Abdoulaye Coulibaly-Pasquier

We derive localized and global noncompact versions of Hamilton's gradient estimate for positive solutions to the heat equation on Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below. Our estimates are essentially optimal and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Loth Damagui Chabi , Philippe Souplet

In this paper, we prove the Li-Yau type Harnack inequality and Hamilton type dimension free Harnack inequality for the heat equation $\partial_t u=Lu$ associated with the time dependent Witten Laplacian on complete Riemannian manifolds…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-06-19 Songzi Li , Xiang-Dong Li

We give a geometric interpretation of the linear trace Harnack inequality for the Ricci flow.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bennett Chow , Sun-Chin Chu

In the first part, we derive a sharp gradient estimate for the log of Dirichlet heat kernel and Poisson heat kernel on domains, and a sharpened local Li-Yau gradient estimate that matches the global one. In the second part, without explicit…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Qi S. Zhang