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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…

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We study the elliptic version of doubly nonlinear diffusion equations on a complete Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. Through the combination of a special nonlinear transformation and the standard Nash-Moser iteration procedure, some Cheng-Yau…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Chen Guo , Zhengce Zhang

We establish both the existence and uniqueness of non-negative global solutions for the nonlinear heat equation $u_t-\Delta u=|x|^{-\gamma}\,u^q$, $0<q<1$, $\gamma>0$ in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$, and for non-negative initial data…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Miguel Loayza , Mohamed Majdoub

In this paper, applying the De Giorgi method, we obtain nonlocal Harnack inequalities for weak solutions of nonlocal parabolic equations given by an integro-differential operator $\rL_K$ as follows; \begin{equation*}\begin{cases} \rL_K…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-10 Yong-Cheol Kim

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

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 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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Juanling Lu , Yu Zheng

In this paper, we consider solutions of the backward heat equation with Ricci flow on manifolds as a type of infinite dimensional limit of solutions of a wave equation on a larger manifold with an analysis of wavefront set. Specifically,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-07 Jie Xu

A sharp double-sided Harnack bound is derived for positive solutions of a fractional order heat equation.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-16 Mateusz Dembny , Mikołaj Sierżęga

This paper aims to investigate a Harnack inequality for non-negative solutions of the normalized infinity Laplacian with nonlinear absorption and gradient terms. More specifically, we establish a Harnack inequality for non-negative…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Ahmed Mohammed , Carson Pocock

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

We establish basic properties of the heat flow on entire holomorphic functions that have order at most 2. We then look specifically at the action of the heat flow on the Gaussian analytic function (GAF). We show that applying the heat flow…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Brian Hall , Ching-Wei Ho , Jonas Jalowy , Zakhar Kabluchko

In this paper, we prove logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and derive the Hamilton Harnack inequality for the heat semigroup of the Witten Laplacian on complete Riemannian manifolds equipped with $K$-super Perelman Ricci flow. We establish…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-09 Songzi Li , Xiang-Dong Li

We calculate heat invariants of arbitrary Riemannian manifolds without boundary. Every heat invariant is expressed in terms of powers of the Laplacian and the distance function. Our approach is based on a multi-dimensional generalization of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Iosif Polterovich

In this paper, we establish a parabolic Harnack inequality for positive solutions of the $\phi$-heat equation and prove Gaussian upper and lower bounds for the $\phi$-heat kernel on weighted Riemannian manifolds under lower $N$-Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Wen-Qi Li , Zhikai Zhang

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

The one-dimensional problem of the nonlinear heat equation is considered. We assume that the heat flow in the origin of coordinates is the power function of time and the initial temperature is zero. Approximate solutions of the problem are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mikhail A. Chmykhov , Nikolai A. Kudryashov

The variational heat equation is a nonlinear, parabolic equation not in divergence form that arises as a model for the dynamics of the director field in a nematic liquid crystal. We present a finite difference scheme for a transformed,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-25 G. M. Coclite , J. Ridder , N. H. Risebro

By constructing a new coupling, the log-Harnack inequality is established for the functional solution of a delay stochastic differential equation with multiplicative noise. As applications, the strong Feller property and heat kernel…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-03-16 Feng-Yu Wang , Chenggui Yuan

In this paper, we establish existence results for positive solutions to the Lichnerowicz equation of the following type in closed manifolds -\Delta u=A(x)u^{-p}-B(x)u^{q},\quad in\quad M, where $p>1, q>0$, and $A(x)>0$, $B(x)\geq0$ are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-18 Li Ma , Yuhua Sun