Gradient estimates and Harnack inequalities of a nonlinear parabolic equation for the \(V\)-Laplacian (Q303658)

The authors consider gradient estimates for the positive solutions to the nonlinear parabolic equation \[ u_t=\Delta_Vu+au\log u \] on \(M\times [0,T]\), where \(a\) is a real constant, \(M\) is a Riemannian manifold and \(\Delta_V = \Delta + <V, \nabla(\cdot)>\) where \(V\) is a smooth vector field on \(M\). The authors obtain the Li-Yau type bounds which cover the estimates in [\textit{E. B. Davies}, Heat kernels and spectral theory. Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press (1989; Zbl 0699.35006); \textit{G. Huang} et al., Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 43, No. 3, 209--232 (2013; Zbl 1263.35053); \textit{J. Li} and \textit{X. Xu}, Adv. Math. 226, No. 5, 4456--4491 (2011; Zbl 1226.58009); \textit{B. Qian}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 409, No. 1, 556--566 (2014; Zbl 1310.58016)]. As a by-product they give a gradient estimate for the corresponding elliptic equation: \[ \Delta_Vu+au\log u = 0 \] which improves the estimates in [\textit{L. Chen} and \textit{W. Chen}, Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 35, No. 4, 397--404 (2009; Zbl 1177.35040); \textit{Y. Yang}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 136, No. 11, 4095--4102 (2008; Zbl 1151.58013)].