Almost Hermitian Ricci flow

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Abstract: We introduce a new curvature flow which matches with the Ricci flow on metrics and preserves the almost Hermitian condition. This enables us to use Ricci flow to study almost Hermitian manifolds.


In this paper, on a given almost Hermitian manifold, the authors introduce a new curvature flow, called Almost Hermitian Ricci flow, which is a paired flow of the metric and of the almost complex structure. It matches with the Ricci flow on metrics, and the evolution equation of the almost complex structure is given by the main operator in the symplectic curvature flow setting (see [\textit{J. Streets} and \textit{G. Tian}, J. Reine Angew. Math. 696, 143--185 (2014; Zbl 1305.53083)]) plus an extra term. The main result of the paper is that ``the almost Hermitian Ricci flow is a parabolic flow modulo diffeomorphisms which preserves the almost Hermitian condition. The short-time existence follows from the standard theory for parabolic flows. This new Almost Hermitian Ricci flow could allow us to apply the techniques of Ricci flow in order to study properties of almost Hermitian structures. We also note that, freezing the metric, this flow is reduced to a parabolic flow on almost complex structures, which we will be investigated by the authors in a future work.











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