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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…

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We prove constrained trace, matrix and constrained matrix Harnack inequalities for the nonlinear heat equation $\omega_t=\Delta\omega+a\omega\ln \omega$ on closed manifolds. We also derive a new interpolated Harnack inequality for the…

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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…

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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 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.

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We establish a connection between a sharp double-sided Harnack bound for positive solutions of a fractional heat equation and the circular geometry in higher dimensions. The present work extends and generalizes the results obtained in the…

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In this paper, we study the gradient estimate for positive solutions to the following nonlinear heat equation problem $$ u_t-\Delta u=au\log u+Vu, \ \ u>0 $$ on the compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ of dimension $n$ and with non-negative…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-09-06 Li Ma

In this paper, we prove a differential Harnack inequality for positive solutions of time-dependent heat equations with potentials. We also prove a gradient estimate for the positive solution of the time-dependent heat equation.

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We prove certain localized and global differential Harnack inequality for all positive solutions to the geometric conjugate heat equation coupled to the forward in time Ricci flow. In this case, the diffusion operator is perturbed with the…

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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…

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We present an analysis on the convergence properties of the so-called geometric heat flow equation for computing geodesics (extremal curves) on Riemannian manifolds. Computing geodesics numerically in real time has become an important…

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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…

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We present new gradient estimates and Harnack inequalities for positive solutions to nonlinear slow diffusion equations. The framework is that of a smooth metric measure space $(\mathscr M,g,d\mu)$ with invariant weighted measure…

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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…

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We consider one-dimensional stochastic heat equation with nonlinear drift, $\displaystyle \partial_t u=\frac{1}{2}\Delta u+b(u)u+\sigma(u)\dot{W}(t,x)$, where $b:\mathbb{R}_{+}\to \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function and…

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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…

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We consider the Dirichlet form given by \sE(f,f)&=&{1/2}\int_{\bR^d}\sum_{i,j=1}^d a_{ij}(x)\frac{\partial f(x)}{\partial x_i} \frac{\partial f(x)}{\partial x_j} dx &+&\int_{\bR^d\times \bR^d} (f(y)-f(x))^2J(x,y)dxdy. Under the assumption…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-01-28 Mohammud Foondun

In this paper, we study the gradient estimates of Li-Yau-Hamilton type for positive solutions to both drifting heat equation and the simple nonlinear heat equation problem $$ u_t-\Delta u=au\log u, \ \ u>0 $$ on the compact Riemannian…

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In this paper we are concerned with the matrix Li-Yau-Hamilton estimates for nonlinear heat equations. Firstly, we derive such estimate on a K\"{a}hler manifold with a fixed K\"{a}hler metric. Then we consider the estimate on K\"{a}hler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Xin-An Ren

In this paper, we derive local and global Li-Yau type gradient estimates for the positive solutions of the CR heat equation on complete noncompact pseudo-Hermitian manifolds. As applications of the gradient estimates, we give a Harnack…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Yuxin Dong , Yibin Ren , Biqiang Zhao