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We consider viscosity solutions to nonlinear uniformly parabolic equations in nondivergence form on a Riemannian manifold $M$, with the sectional curvature bounded from below by $-\kappa$ for $\kappa\geq 0$. In the elliptic case, Wang and…

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In this paper, we consider the Laplacian G_2 flow on a closed seven-dimensional manifold M with a closed G_2-structure. We first obtain the gradient estimates of positive solutions of the heat equation under the Laplacian G_2 flow and then…

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In this paper, we establish Li-Yau-type and Hamilton-type estimates for positive solutions to the heat equation associated with the generalized Ricci flow, under a less stringent curvature condition. Compared with [25] and [35], these…

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In this paper, we consider a manifold evolving by a general geometric flow and study parabolic equation \[ (\Delta -q(x,t)-\partial_t)u(x,t)=A(u(x,t)),\quad (x,t)\in M\times [0,T]. \] We establish space-time gradient estimates for positive…

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We obtain almost optimal differential Harnack inequalities for a class of nonlinear parabolic equations on Riemannian manifolds with Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci curvature bounded below, which includes the classical Fisher-KPP equation and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Zhihao Lu

We prove matrix and scalar differential Harnack inequalities for linear parabolic equations on Riemannian and K\"ahler manifolds.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Paul W. Y. Lee

Let $(M, g)$ be an dimensional complete Riemannian manifold. In this paper we prove local Li-Yau type gradient estimates for all positive solutions to the following nonlinear parabolic equation \begin{equation*} (\partial_t - \Delta_g +…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-05 Abimbola Abolarinwa

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

We prove a differential Harnack inequality for the solution of the parabolic Allen-Cahn equation $ \frac{\partial f}{\partial t}=\triangle f-(f^3-f)$ on a closed n-dimensional manifold. As a corollary we find a classical Harnack inequality.…

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In this paper, we consider the parabolic frequency for positive solutions of two nonlinear parabolic equations under the Ricci flow on closed manifolds. We obtain the monotonicity of parabolic frequency for the solution of two nonlinear…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Chuanhuan Li , Yi Li , Kairui Xu , Jichun Zhu

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

Recall that if $(M^n,g)$ satisfies $\mathrm{Ric}\geq 0$, then the Li-Yau Differential Harnack Inequality tells us for each nonnegative $f:M\to \mathbb{R}^+$, with $f_t$ its heat flow, that $\frac{\Delta f_t}{f_t}-\frac{|\nabla…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-16 Robert Haslhofer , Eva Kopfer , Aaron Naber

In this paper we study the heat equation (of Hodge-Laplacian) deformation of $(p, p)$-forms on a K\"ahler manifold. After identifying the condition and establishing that the positivity of a $(p, p)$-form solution is preserved under such an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Lei Ni , Yanyan Niu

We consider second-order linear parabolic operators in non-divergence form that are intrinsically defined on Riemannian manifolds. In the elliptic case, Cabr\'e proved a global Krylov-Safonov Harnack inequality under the assumption that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Seick Kim , Soojung Kim , Ki-Ahm Lee

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

We establish a one-parameter family of Harnack inequalities connecting the constrained trace Li-Yau differential Harnack inequality for a nonlinear parabolic equation to the constrained trace Chow-Hamilton Harnack inequality for this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-08-23 Jia-Yong Wu

In this paper we study gradient estimates for the positive solutions of the porous medium equation: $$u_t=\Delta u^m$$ where $m>1$, which is a nonlinear version of the heat equation. We derive local gradient estimates of the Li-Yau type for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-06-14 Guangyue Huang , Zhijie Huang , Haizhong Li

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

This article is devoted to the study of several estimations for a positive solution to a nonlinear weighted parabolic equation on a weighted Riemannian manifold. We therefore derive new Li-Yau type and Hamilton type gradient estimates…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-27 Shyamal Kumar Hui , Abimbola Abolarinwa , Sujit Bhattacharyya

Let $(M,g(t))$, $0\le t\le T$, be a n-dimensional complete noncompact manifold, $n\ge 2$, with bounded curvatures and metric $g(t)$ evolving by the Ricci flow $\frac{\partial g_{ij}}{\partial t}=-2R_{ij}$. We will extend the result of L. Ma…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-06-26 Shu-Yu Hsu