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In this paper, we study Li-Yau gradient estimates for the solutions $u$ to the heat equation $\partial_tu=\Delta u$ on graphs under the curvature condition $CD(n,-K)$ introduced by Bauer et al. in \cite{BHLLMY}. As applications, we derive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-15 Bin Qian

The paper considers a manifold $M$ evolving under the Ricci flow and establishes a series of gradient estimates for positive solutions of the heat equation on $M$. Among other results, we prove Li-Yau-type inequalities in this context. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-06-04 Mihai Bailesteanu , Xiaodong Cao , Artem Pulemotov

We derive an adaptation of Li & Yau estimates for positive solutions of semilinear heat equations on Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci tensor. We then apply these estimates to obtain a Harnack inequality and to discuss…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-10 Daniele Castorina , Giovanni Catino , Carlo Mantegazza

In this paper, we derive several differential Harnack estimates (also known as Li-Yau-Hamilton-type estimates) for positive solutions of Fisher's equation. We use the estimates to obtain lower bounds on the speed of traveling wave solutions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Xiaodong Cao , Bowei Liu , Ian Pendleton , Abigail Ward

By leveraging a new Laplacian comparison theorem, we derive a Li-Yau type gradient estimate for a particular nonlinear parabolic equation, namely, the Finslerian logarithmic Schrodinger equation on a non-compact, complete Finsler manifold…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Zisu Zhao

Continuing our previous work (arXiv:1509.07981v1), we derive another global gradient estimate for positive functions, particularly for positive solutions to the heat equation on finite or locally finite graphs. In general, the gradient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-27 Yong Lin , Shuang Liu , Yunyan Yang

We derive a gradient estimate for positive functions, in particular for positive solutions to the heat equation, on finite or locally finite graphs. Unlike the well known Li-Yau estimate, which is based on the maximum principle, our…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-09-29 Yong Lin , Shuang Liu , Yunyan Yang

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 the first part of this paper, we get new Li-Yau type gradient estimates for positive solutions of heat equation on Riemmannian manifolds with $Ricci(M)\ge -k$, $k\in \mathbb R$. As applications, several parabolic Harnack inequalities are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-01-27 Junfang Li , Xiangjin Xu

We derive a sharp, localized version of elliptic type gradient estimates for positive solutions (bounded or not) to the heat equation. These estimates are akin to the Cheng-Yau estimate for the Laplace equation and Hamilton's estimate for…

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

In this paper, we establish a new global Hessian matrix estimate for heat-type equations on Riemannian manifolds using a Bismut-type Hessian formula. Our results feature fully explicit coefficients as well as delay / growth rate functions.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-16 Li-Juan Cheng , Rui-Yu Yang

In this paper, we will study the (linear) geometric analysis on metric measure spaces. We will establish a local Li-Yau's estimate for weak solutions of the heat equation and prove a sharp Yau's gradient gradient for harmonic functions on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-21 Hui-Chun Zhang , Xi-Ping Zhu

We establish local elliptic and parabolic gradient estimates for positive smooth solutions to a nonlinear parabolic equation on a smooth metric measure space. As applications, we determine various conditions on the equation's coefficients…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Jia-Yong Wu

We prove a global Li-Yau inequality for a general Markov semigroup under a curvature-dimension condition. This inequality is stronger than all classical Li-Yau type inequalities known to us. On a Riemannian manifold, it is equivalent to a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-22 Dominique Bakry , François Bolley , Ivan Gentil

This paper will develop a Li-Yau-Hamilton type differential Harnack estimate for positive solutions to the Newell-Whitehead equation on $\mathbb{R}^n$. We then use our LYH-differential Harnack inequality to prove several properties about…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-13 Derek Booth , Jack Burkart , Xiaodong Cao , Max Hallgren , Zachary Munro , Jason Snyder , Tom Stone

For positive $p$-harmonic functions on Riemannian manifolds, we derive a gradient estimate and Harnack inequality with constants depending only on the lower bound of the Ricci curvature, the dimension $n$, $p$ and the radius of the ball on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-10-15 Xiaodong Wang , Lei Zhang

By using stochastic analysis, two probability versions of Li-Yau type inequalities are established for diffusion semigroups on a manifold possibly with (non-convex) boundary. The inequalities are explicitly given by the Bakry-Emery…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-11-07 Feng-Yu Wang , Li-Juan Cheng

In this short survey paper, we first recall the log gradient estimates for the heat equation on manifolds by Li-Yau, R. Hamilton and later by Perelman in conjunction with the Ricci flow. Then we will discuss some of their applications and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-31 Qi S. Zhang

We prove a generalization of the Li-Yau estimate for a board class of second order linear parabolic equations. As a consequence, we obtain a new Cheeger-Yau inequality and a new Harnack inequality for these equations. We also prove a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-09-04 Paul W. Y. Lee

We prove a Li-Yau gradient estimate for positive solutions to the heat equation, with Neumann boundary conditions, on a compact Riemannian submanifold with boundary ${\bf M}^n\subseteq {\bf N}^n$, satisfying the integral Ricci curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Xavier Ramos Olivé