Related papers: Remarks on Li-Yau inequality on graphs

In this paper we derive Cheng-Yau, Li-Yau, Hamilton estimates for Riemannian manifolds with Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature bounded from below, and also global and local upper bounds, in terms of Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature, for the Hessian of…

It is known that the Finsler heat flow is a nonlinear flow. This leads to the study of the linearized heat semigroup for the Finsler heat flow. In this paper, we first study its properties. By means of the linearized heat semigroup, we give…

This article shows that if the negative part of Ricci curvature lies in the Kato class, the heat kernel satisfies a Li-Yau type estimate. Additionally, using the resulting heat kernel bound, we show that the obtained heat kernel estimate…

Let $(X,d,\mu)$ be a $RCD^\ast(K, N)$ space with $K\in mathbb{R}$ and $N\in [1,\infty)$. Suppose that $(X,d)$ is connected, complete and separable, and $\supp \mu=X$. We prove that the Li-Yau inequality for the heat flow holds true on…

We study some equivalent properties of the curvature-dimension conditions $CD(n,K)$ inequality on infinite, but locally finite graph. These equivalences are gradient estimate, Poincar\'e type inequalities and reverse Poincar\'e…

In this paper we give Hamilton's Laplacian estimates for the heat equation on complete noncompact manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature. As an application, combining Li-Yau's lower and upper bounds of the heat kernel, we give an…

We investigate the Ollivier-Ricci curvature and its modification introduced by Lin, Lu, and Yau on locally finite graphs. The main contribution of this work is a lower bound on the minimum vertex degree of a graph ensuring non-negative…

Using the curvature-dimension inequality proved in Part~I, we look at consequences of this inequality in terms of the interaction between the sub-Riemannian geometry and the heat semigroup $P_t$ corresponding to the sub-Laplacian. We give…

Let G = (V, p, $\mu$) be a (finite or infinite) weighted graph with bounded geometry. Assuming that G satisfies the classical curvaturedimension condition of Bakry-Emery CD(K, n) with K $\ge$ 0 (for the usual Laplacian), we prove that the…

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…

We revisit the problem of obtaining uniform gradient estimates for Dirichlet and Neumann heat semigroups on Riemannian manifolds with boundary. As applications, we obtain isoperimetric inequalities, using Ledoux's argument, and uniform…

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…

In this paper, we prove two-sided heat kernel estimates on what we call "book-like" graphs. These are graphs consisting of pieces that satisfy the parabolic Harnack inequality that are glued together in a sufficiently nice way over a…

We discuss first-order and second-order regularization effects for solutions to the classical heat equation. In particular we propose a global approach to study smoothing effects of Hamilton-Li-Yau type: such approach is nonlinear in spirit…

In this paper, on Riemannian manifolds with boundary, we establish a Yau type gradient estimate and Liouville theorem for harmonic functions under Dirichlet boundary condition. Under a similar setting, we also formulate a Souplet-Zhang type…

We derive an interpolation version of constrained matrix Li-Yau-Hamilton estimate on K\"ahler manifolds. As a result, we first get a constrained matrix Li-Yau-Hamilton estimate for heat equation on a K\"ahler manifold with fixed K\"ahler…

In this paper we prove gradient estimates of both elliptic and parabolic types, specifically, of Souplet-Zhang, Hamilton and Li-Yau types for positive smooth solutions to a class of nonlinear parabolic equations involving the Witten or…

Metric measure spaces satisfying the reduced curvature-dimension condition $CD^*(K,N)$ and where the heat flow is linear are called $RCD^*(K,N)$-spaces. This class of non smooth spaces contains Gromov-Hausdorff limits of Riemannian…

We demonstrate a relationship between the heat kernel on a finite weighted Abelian Cayley graph and Gaussian functions on lattices. This can be used to prove a new inequality for the heat kernel on such a graph: when $t \leq t'$,…

Harnack inequalities are useful qualitative tools for understanding the properties of partial differential equations. Originally discovered as a property of harmonic functions, Harnack inequalities have since been studied for solutions of…