Ricci limit flows and weak solutions

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Publication:6374635

arXiv2108.02944MaRDI QIDQ6374635FDOQ6374635

Beomjun Choi, Robert Haslhofer

Publication date: 6 August 2021

Abstract: In this paper we reconcile several different approaches to Ricci flow through singularities that have been proposed over the last few years by Kleiner-Lott, Haslhofer-Naber and Bamler. Specifically, we prove that every noncollapsed limit of Ricci flows, as provided by Bamler's precompactness theorem, as well as every singular Ricci flow from Kleiner-Lott, is a weak solution in the sense of Haslhofer-Naber. We also generalize all path-space estimates from Haslhofer-Naber to the setting of noncollapsed Ricci limit flows. The key step to establish these results is a new hitting estimate for Brownian motion. A fundamental difficulty, in stark contrast to all prior hitting estimates in the literature, is the lack of lower heat kernel bounds under Ricci flow. To overcome this, we introduce a novel approach to hitting estimates that compensates for the lack of lower heat kernel bounds by making use of the heat kernel geometry of space-time.













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