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We first give a logarithmic gradient estimate for positive solutions of Allen-Cahn equation on Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below. As its natural corallary, Harnack inequality and a Liouville theorem for classical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-12 Zhihao Lu

The CD inequalities and CDE inequalities are useful in the estimate of curvature on graphs. This article is based on the ufinite graph with large girth, and finally concludes some curvature estimate in CD and CDE.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-29 Yijin Gao

We introduce a notion of curvature on finite, combinatorial graphs. It can be easily computed by solving a linear system of equations. We show that graphs with curvature bounded below by $K>0$ have diameter bounded by $\mbox{diam}(G) \leq…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Stefan Steinerberger

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

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 note we show how results in \cite{BaudoinBonnefont2016, BaudoinGarofalo2013, CoulhonJiangKoskelaSikora2017} yield the Cheng-Yau estimate on two classes of sub-Riemannian manifolds: Carnot groups and sub-Riemannian manifolds…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-19 Fabrice Baudoin , Maria Gordina , Phanuel Mariano

We prove heat kernel estimates for the $\bar\partial$-Neumann Laplacian acting in spaces of differential forms over noncompact, strongly pseudoconvex complex manifolds with a Lie group symmetry and compact quotient. We also relate our…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-29 Joe J. Perez , Peter Stollmann

In this paper, we will show the Yau's gradient estimate for harmonic maps into a metric space $(X,d_X)$ with curvature bounded above by a constant $\kappa$, $\kappa\geq0$, in the sense of Alexandrov. As a direct application, it gives some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Hui-Chun Zhang , Xiao Zhong , Xi-Ping Zhu

This paper is devoted to the study of gradient estimates for the Dirichlet problem of the heat equation in the exterior domain of a compact set. Our results describe the time decay rates of the derivatives of solutions to the Dirichlet…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Vladimir Georgiev , Koichi Taniguchi

Let $(M,g(t))$, $0\le t\le T$, $\partial M\ne\phi$, be a compact $n$-dimensional manifold, $n\ge 2$, with metric $g(t)$ evolving by the Ricci flow such that the second fundamental form of $\partial M$ with respect to the unit outward normal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-05-12 Shu-Yu Hsu

Let $(M,g)$ be a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold with the $m$-dimensional Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci curvature bounded below by a non-positive constant. In this paper, we give a localized Hamilton-type gradient estimate for the positive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-03-16 Jia-Yong Wu

Here, we study Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations on graphs. These are meant to be the analog of any of the following types of equations in the continuum setting of partial differential and nonlocal integro-differential equations:…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Nicolò Forcillo , Jun Kitagawa , Russell W. Schwab

We study the heat equation $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}-\Delta u=0,\ u(x,0)=\omega (x),$ where $\Delta :=dd^{*}+d^{*}d$ is the Hodge laplacian and $u(\cdot ,t)$ and $\omega $ are $p$-differential forms in the complete Riemannian manifold…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-01 Eric Amar

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a locally finite connected weighted graph, and $\Omega$ be an unbounded subset of $V$. Using Rothe's method, we study the existence of solutions for the semilinear heat equation $\partial_tu+|u|^{p-1}\cdot u=\Delta…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-31 Yong Lin , Yuanyuan Xie

For undirected graphs, the Ricci curvature introduced by Lin-Lu-Yau has been widely studied from various perspectives, especially geometric analysis. In the present paper, we discuss generalization problem of their Ricci curvature for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-07 Ryunosuke Ozawa , Yohei Sakurai , Taiki Yamada

The CD equalities were introduced to imply the gradient estimate of laplace operator on graphs. This article is based on the unbounded Laplacians, and finally concludes some equivalent properties of the CD(K,$\infty$)and CD(K,n).

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-12-09 Cao Gong , Yong Lin

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite graph and $\Delta$ be the usual graph Laplacian. Using the calculus of variations and a method of upper and lower solutions, we give various conditions such that the Kazdan-Warner equation $\Delta u=c-he^u$ has a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-18 Alexander Grigor'yan , Yong Lin , Yunyan Yang

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

The purpose of this paper is to establish a new continuous-time on-diagonal lower estimate of heat kernel for large time on graphs. To achieve the goal, we first give an upper bound of heat kernel in natural graph metric, and then use this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-30 Yong Lin , Yiting Wu

In this paper we prove a new matrix Li-Yau-Hamilton estimate for K\"ahler-Ricci flow. The form of this new Li-Yau-Hamilton estimate is obtained by the interpolation consideration originated in \cite{Ch1}. This new inequality is shown to be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Lei Ni