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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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-29 Jia-Yong Wu

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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Li Ma

We study positive solutions to the heat equation on graphs. We prove variants of the Li-Yau gradient estimate and the differential Harnack inequality. For some graphs, we can show the estimates to be sharp. We establish new computation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Dominik Dier , Moritz Kassmann , Rico Zacher

In this paper we prove some Hamilton type and Li-Yau type gradient estimates on positive solutions to generalized nonlinear parabolic equations on smooth metric measure space with compact boundary. The geometry of the space in terms of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Abimbola Abolarinwa

We use a Harnack-type inequality on exit times and spectral bounds to characterize upper bounds of the heat kernel associated with any regular Dirichlet form without killing part, where the scale function may vary with position. We further…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Aobo Chen , Zhenyu Yu

In this article we derive Harnack estimates for conjugate heat kernel in an abstract geometric flow. Our calculation involves a correction term D. When D is nonnegative, we are able to obtain a Harnack inequality. Our abstract formulation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-20 Xiaodong Cao , Hongxin Guo , Hung Tran

We prove several differential Harnack inequalities for positive solutions to nonlinear backward heat equations with different potentials coupled with the Ricci flow. We also derive an interpolated Harnack inequality for the nonlinear heat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-08-23 Jia-Yong Wu

This paper will develop a Li-Yau-Hamilton type differential Harnack estimate for positive solutions to the Newell-Whitehead equation on $\mathbb{R}^n$. We then use our LYH-differential Harnack inequality to prove several properties about…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-13 Derek Booth , Jack Burkart , Xiaodong Cao , Max Hallgren , Zachary Munro , Jason Snyder , Tom Stone

The paper considers a manifold $M$ evolving under the Ricci flow and establishes a series of gradient estimates for positive solutions of the heat equation on $M$. Among other results, we prove Li-Yau-type inequalities in this context. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-06-04 Mihai Bailesteanu , Xiaodong Cao , Artem Pulemotov

Let $(M^{n},g)$ be a complete Riemannian manifold. In this paper, we establish a space-time gradient estimates for positive solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations $$\partial_{t}u(x,t)=\Delta u(x,t)+a u(x,t)(\log u(x,t))^b +…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-28 Shahroud Azami

We derive a sharp, localized version of elliptic type gradient estimates for positive solutions (bounded or not) to the heat equation. These estimates are akin to the Cheng-Yau estimate for the Laplace equation and Hamilton's estimate for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Philippe Souplet , Qi S. Zhang

In this short note, we study the gradient estimate of positive solutions to Poisson equation and the non-homogeneous heat equation in a compact Riemannian manifold (M^n,g). Our results extend the gradient estimate for positive harmonic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-07-10 Li Ma , Liang Cheng

This article is devoted to the study of several estimations for a positive solution to a nonlinear weighted parabolic equation on a weighted Riemannian manifold. We therefore derive new Li-Yau type and Hamilton type gradient estimates…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-27 Shyamal Kumar Hui , Abimbola Abolarinwa , Sujit Bhattacharyya

We prove Fatou type theorems for solutions of the heat equation in sub- Riemannian spaces. The doubling property of L-caloric measure, the Dahlberg estimate, the local comparison theorem, among other results, are established here. A…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-05-25 Isidro H Munive

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Xiaodong Cao , Bowei Liu , Ian Pendleton , Abigail Ward

We consider a class of fully non-linear parabolic equations on compact Hermitian manifolds involving symmetric functions of partial Laplacians. Under fairly general assumptions, we show the long time existence and convergence of solutions.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-07 Mathew George

Based on a suggestion of Richard Hamilton, we give an alternate proof of his matrix Harnack inequality for solutions of the Ricci flow with positive curvature operator. This Harnack inequality says that a certain endomorphism, consisting of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bennett Chow

An inverse source problem for the heat equation is considered. Extraction formulae for information about the time and location when and where the unknown source of the equation firstly appeared are given from a single lateral boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-02-16 Masaru Ikehata

We prove a differential Harnack inequality for the Endangered Species Equation, a nonlinear parabolic equation. Our derivation relies on an idea related to the parabolic maximum principle. As an application of this inequality, we will show…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-30 Xiaodong Cao , Mark Cerenzia , Demetre Kazaras

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Jessica Slegers