Asian Journal of Mathematics

Volume 22 (2018)

Number 3

Special issue in honor of Ngaiming Mok (2 of 3)

Guest Editors: Jun-Muk Hwang, Korea Institute for Advanced Study; Yum-Tong Siu, Harvard University; Wing-Keung To, National University of Singapore; Stephen S.-T. Yau, Tsinghua University; Sai-Kee Yeung, Purdue University

On Harnack inequalities for Witten Laplacian on Riemannian manifolds with super Ricci flows

Pages: 577 – 598

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/AJM.2018.v22.n3.a10

Authors

Songzi Li (School of Mathematics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China)

Xiang-Dong Li (Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Abstract

In this paper, we prove the Li–Yau type Harnack inequality for the heat equation $\partial_t u = L u$ associated with the time-dependent Witten Laplacian on manifolds equipped with a variant of complete backward $(-K, m)$-super Perelman Ricci flows. Moreover, using a probabilistic approach we prove an improved Hamilton type Harnack inequality on manifolds equipped with complete $(-K)$-super Perelman Ricci flows.

Keywords

Harnack inequality, super Perelman Ricci flows, Witten Laplacian

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

Primary 58J35, 58J65. Secondary 60H30, 60J60.

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Research supported by NSFC No. 11771430, Key Laboratory RCSDS, CAS, No. 2008DP173182, and by a Hua Luo-Keng Research Grant of the AMSS, CAS.

Received 31 October 2016

Accepted 7 June 2017

Published 8 August 2018