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In this paper, we formulate and prove a general compactness theorem for harmonic maps using Deligne-Mumford moduli space and families of curves. The main theorem shows that given a sequence of harmonic maps over a sequence of complex…
In this paper, we first establish regularity of the heat flow of biharmonic maps into the unit sphere $S^L\subset\mathbb R^{L+1}$ under a smallness condition of renormalized total energy. For the class of such solutions to the heat flow of…
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…
We consider the nonlinear heat equations with Neumann boundary conditions $$ \begin{cases} u_{t}=\Delta u & \text{in}\ \mathbb{R}_{+}^{4} \times(0, T) ,\\ -\frac{d u}{d x_{4}}(\tilde{x}, 0, t) \ =u^2(\tilde{x}, 0, t)& \text{in}\…
The theory of geometric quantum mechanics describes a quantum system as a Hamiltonian dynamical system with a complex projective Hilbert space as its phase space, thus equipped with a Riemannian metric in addition to a symplectic structure.…
We consider a Cahn-Hilliard equation which is the conserved gradient flow of a nonlocal total free energy functional. This functional is characterized by a Helmholtz free energy density, which can be of logarithmic type. Moreover, the…
We define and study the harmonic heat flow for almost complex structures which are compatible with a Riemannian structure $(M, g)$. This is a tensor-valued version of harmonic map heat flow. We prove that if the initial almost complex…
We consider the harmonic heat flow for maps from a compact Riemannian manifold into a Riemannian manifold that is complete and of non-positive curvature. We prove that if the harmonic heat flow converges to a limiting harmonic map that is a…
The harmonic map energy of a map from a closed, constant-curvature surface to a closed target manifold can be seen as a functional on the space of maps and domain metrics. We consider the gradient flow for this energy. In the absence of…
On a compact Riemann surface $(\Sigma, g)$ with a smooth boundary $\partial \Sigma$, we consider the following mean field equations with Neumann boundary conditions: $$ -\Delta_g u = \lambda \left(\frac{Ve^u}{\int_{\Sigma} Ve^u \, dv_g} -…
We show an energy convexity along any harmonic map heat flow with small initial energy and fixed boundary data on the unit 2-disk. In particular, this gives an affirmative answer to a question raised by W. Minicozzi asking whether such…
We study the boundary behavior of any limit-interface arising from a sequence of general critical points of the Allen-Cahn energy functionals on a smooth bounded domain. Given any such sequence with uniform energy bounds, we prove that the…
This paper studies the heat equation $u_t=\Delta u$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}(n\geq 2)$ with positive initial data and a local nonlinear Neumann boundary condition: the normal derivative $\partial u/\partial n=u^{q}$…
Asymptotic behavior of energy of a harmonic map defined on an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold is considered. Using the growth of energy, we show that a harmonic map defined on some asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds has to be constant…
We consider wave maps from $\mathbb R^{2+1}$ to a $C^\infty$-smooth Riemannian manifold, $\mathcal N$. Such maps can exhibit energy concentration, and at points of concentration, it is known that the map (suitably rescaled and translated)…
For stationary harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition for the uniform interior and boundary gradient estimates in terms of the total energy of maps. We also show that if analytic target…
We consider a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ (possibly with boundary) and $\Sigma \subset M\setminus \partial M$ an interior hypersurface (possibly with boundary). We study observation and control from $\Sigma$ for both the wave and heat…
In this paper, we will study the existence of finite time singularity to harmonic heat flow and their formation patterns. After works of Coron-Ghidaglia, Ding and Chen-Ding, one knows blow-up solutions under smallness of initial energy for…
The study of blow-up solution of time-fractional heat equations is of significant and wide-ranging interest for its multitude of applications. These types of equations are used to model several real problems in science and engineering. This…
This paper estimates the blow-up time for the heat equation $u_t=\Delta u$ with a local nonlinear Neumann boundary condition: The normal derivative $\partial u/\partial n=u^{q}$ on $\Gamma_{1}$, one piece of the boundary, while on the rest…