Space-time constructions for the mean curvature flow in a Ricci flow background

arXiv1206.2829MaRDI QIDQ6233665FDOQ6233665

Publication date: 13 June 2012

Abstract: Given a solution of the (backwards) Ricci flow one can construct a so called canonical soliton metric on space-time, introduced by E. Cabezas-Rivas and P. Topping. We observe that for a mean curvature flow within a (backwards) Ricci flow background, the space-time track of the mean curvature flow yields a canonical soliton of the coupled flow within the canonical Ricci soliton. We show that this provides a link between Hamilton's differential Harnack estimate for the mean curvature flow and Hamilton's differential Harnack estimate for the Ricci flow. Moreover the second fundamental form of our canonical soliton matches the boundary term of the evolution of J. Lott's modified F-functional for a Ricci flow with boundary. This functional also appears in quantum gravity.

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