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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

We prove several differential Harnack inequalities for positive solutions to nonlinear backward heat equations with different potentials coupled with the Ricci flow. We also derive an interpolated Harnack inequality for the nonlinear heat…

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

We estimate the heat kernel on a closed Riemannian manifold $M$, with $dim(M)\geq 3$, evolving under the Ricci-harmonic map flow and the result depends on some constants arising from a Sobolev imbedding theorem. In a special case, when the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-09-03 Mihai Băileşteanu

In this manuscript, we extend the global gradient estimates for positive solutions to the heat equation under a general compact Finsler $CD(-K,N)$ geometric flow and derive the corresponding Harnack inequality.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Bin Shen

In this paper, we derive a general evolution formula for possible Harnack quantities. As a consequence, we prove several differential Harnack inequalities for positive solutions of backward heat-type equations with potentials (including the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-05-23 Xiaodong Cao

In this article we derive Harnack estimates for conjugate heat kernel in an abstract geometric flow. Our calculation involves a correction term D. When D is nonnegative, we are able to obtain a Harnack inequality. Our abstract formulation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Xiaodong Cao , Hongxin Guo , Hung Tran

In this paper, we study the Ricci flow on closed manifolds equipped with warped product metric $(N\times F,g_{N}+f^2 g_{F})$ with $(F,g_{F})$ Ricci flat. Using the framework of monotone formulas, we derive several estimates for the adapted…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Hung Tran

The main objective of this article is to study the mean curvature flow into an ambient compact smooth manifold M with boundary and with a Riemannian metric that evolves by a self-similar solution of the Ricci flow coupled with the harmonic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-28 José N. V. Gomes , Matheus Hudson , Carlos M. de Sousa

We prove Li-Yau type gradient bounds for the heat equation either on manifolds with fixed metric or under the Ricci flow. In the former case the curvature condition is $|Ric^-| \in L^p$ for some $p>n/2$, or $\sup_\M \int_\M…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-30 Qi S Zhang , Meng Zhu

We generalize Hamilton's matrix Li-Yau-type Harnack estimate for the Ricci flow by considering the space of all LYH (Li-Yau-Hamilton) quadratics that arise as curvature tensors of space-time connections satisfying the Ricci flow with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bennett Chow , Dan Knopf

We prove matrix Li-Yau-Hamilton estimates for positive solutions to the heat equation and the backward conjugate heat equation, both coupled with the K\"ahler-Ricci flow. As an application, we obtain a monotonicity formula.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-21 Xiaolong Li , Hao-Yue Liu , Xin-An Ren

In the current paper,under the transverse Ricci flow on a totally geodesic Riemannian foliation, we prove two types of differential Harnack inequalities (Li-Yau gradient estimate) for the positive solutions of the heat equation associated…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-07-31 Qi Feng

We study the Ricci-Bourguignon flow on warped product manifolds with noncompact base. This setting leads naturally to a parabolic partial differential equation on the space of smooth warping functions, arising from the necessary and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-17 José N. V. Gomes , Willian I. Tokura , Hikaru Yamamoto

In this paper we use methods from Stochastic Analysis to establish Li-Yau type estimates for positive solutions of the heat equation. In particular, we want to emphasize that Stochastic Analysis provides natural tools to derive local…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-02-17 Marc Arnaudon , Anton Thalmaier

Inspired Yau's work (Comm. Anal. Geom., 1994), in this short note we provide a new version of Li-Yau gradient estimate for the linear heat equation, which generalizes some known results and gives new gradient estimates. Also we explain the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Bin Qian

We deform a map into a Riemannian manifold that is horizontal with respect to a submersion onto a non-positively curved manifold and satisfies a Chow condition into a harmonic one through a horizontal homotopy.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Juergen Jost , Yihu Yang

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

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

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

Since Li and Yau obtained the gradient estimate for the heat equation, related estimates have been extensively studied. With additional curvature assumptions, matrix estimates that generalize such estimates have been discovered for various…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-04-27 Jiewon Park

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