A Bochner Formula on Path Space for the Ricci Flow

DOI10.1007/S00526-022-02420-3arXiv1909.04193WikidataQ126111946 ScholiaQ126111946MaRDI QIDQ6324975FDOQ6324975

Authors: Christopher A. Kennedy 

Publication date: 9 September 2019

Abstract: We generalize the classical Bochner formula for the heat flow on evolving manifolds $(M,g_t{)}_{tin[0,T]}$ to an infinite-dimensional Bochner formula for martingales on parabolic path space $PmathcalM$ of space-time $mathcalM=Mimes[0,T]$. Our new Bochner formula and the inequalities that follow from it are strong enough to characterize solutions of the Ricci flow. Specifically, we obtain characterizations of the Ricci flow in terms of Bochner inequalities on parabolic path space. We also obtain gradient and Hessian estimates for martingales on parabolic path space, as well as condensed proofs of the prior characterizations of the Ricci flow from Haslhofer-Naber cite{HN18a}. Our results are parabolic counterparts of the recent results in the elliptic setting from cite{HN18b}.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ricci flows (53E20)

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