A new notion on weighted Riemann curvature (Q6161931)

Let \(\left( M,g,u\right) \) be a Riemannian manifold of dimension \(n\) with a prescribed smooth function \(u\) on \(M\). The \(N\)-Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor was introduced in [\textit{D. Bakry} and \textit{M. Émery}, Lect. Notes Math. 1123, 177--206 (1985; Zbl 0561.60080)]: \[ \operatorname{Ric}_{_{N},u}=\operatorname{Ric}+\nabla^{2}u-\frac{du\otimes du}{N-n}\text{ if }N\text{ is finite,} \] \[ \operatorname{Ric} _{_{N},u}=\operatorname{Ric}+\nabla^{2}u\text{ if }N=\infty. \] The author introduces a generalization of the \(N\)-Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor. Namely, he defines the \(\left( a,\beta\right) \)-\(N\)-Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor on \(\left( M,g,u\right) \): \[ \operatorname{Ric}_{\alpha,\beta,u}=\operatorname{Ric}+\alpha\nabla^{2}u+\beta du\otimes du\text{,} \] where \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are smooth functions on \(M\). The author observes that the \(N\)-Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor can be obtained from the \(\left( a,\beta\right) \)-\(N\)-Bakry-Émery Ricci tensor by a special selection of \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\). In [J. Differ. Equations 265, No. 1, 69--97 (2018; Zbl 1386.53083)], the author introduced one more Ricci tensor \(\operatorname{Ric}^{L}\) motivated by the Ricci harmonic flow or List's flow. Also, recently \textit{W. Wylie} and \textit{D. Yeroshkin} [``On the geometry of Riemannian manifolds with density'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1602.08000}] introduced other Ricci tensors \(\operatorname{Ric}^{WY}\) and \(\widehat{\operatorname{Ric}}^{WY}\). The Ricci tensors \(\operatorname{Ric}^{L}\) and \(\operatorname{Ric}^{WY}\) are also \(\left( a,\beta\right) \)-\(N\)-Bakry-Émery Ricci tensors for some \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\). The author's main results (Theorems 1.2 and 1.3) establish certain integral inequalities between \(\operatorname{Ric}\), \(\operatorname{Ric}^{L}\), \(\operatorname{Ric}^{WY}\) and \(\widehat{\operatorname{Ric}}^{WY}\).