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Optimal transportation and monotonic quantities on evolving manifolds

Differential Geometry 2009-09-14 v2 Probability

Abstract

In this note we will adapt Topping's L\mathcal{L}-optimal transportation theory for Ricci flow to a more general situation, i.e. to a closed manifold (M,gij(t))(M,g_{ij}(t)) evolving by tgij=2Sij\partial_tg_{ij}=-2S_{ij}, where SijS_{ij} is a symmetric tensor field of (2,0)-type on MM. We extend some recent results of Topping, Lott and Brendle, generalize the monotonicity of List's (and hence also of Perelman's) W\mathcal{W}-entropy, and recover the monotonicity of Mu¨\ddot{u}ller's (and hence also of Perelman's) reduced volume.

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@article{arxiv.0908.3293,
  title  = {Optimal transportation and monotonic quantities on evolving manifolds},
  author = {Hong Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.3293},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

8 pages, some corrections and extensions

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