As the complex version of Ricci flow, K\"ahler-Ricci flow enjoys the special feature, i.e., cohomology information for the evolving K\"ahler metric. The flow can thus be reduced to scalar level as first used by H. D. Cao in the alternative proof of Calabi's Conjecture. People have mostly been focusing on the situation when the K\"ahler class is fixed. As first considered by H. Tsuji, by allowing the class to evolve, the flow can be applied in the study of degenerate class, for example, class on the boundary of K\"ahler cone. We discuss some results in this drection. This is the geometric analysis aspect of Tian's program, which aims at applying K\"ahler-Ricci flow in the study of algebraic geometry objects with great interests.
By trace map we mean the following polynomial map of R^3:
T(x,y,z)= (2xy-z, x, y).
Despite of its simple form, it is related to complicated mathematical objects such as character varieties of some surfaces, Painlev\'e sixth equation, and discrete Schr\"odinger operator with Fibonacci potential. We will present some very recent results on dynamics of the trace map and discuss their applications. These is a joint project with D.Damanik.
We call a metric quasi-Einstein if the m-Bakry-Emery Ricci tensor is a constant multiple of the metric tensor. This is a generalization of Einstein metrics, which contains gradient Ricci solitons and is also closely related to the construction of the warped product Einstein metrics. We study properties of quasi-Einstein metrics and prove several
rigidity results. We also give a splitting theorem for some Kahler quasi-Einstein metrics.
We classify compact ancient solutions of the curve
shortening flow and the Ricci flow on Surfaces. We show that these are either a family of contracting circles (contracting spheres in the case of the Ricci flow on surfaces), which is a type I ancient solution,or a family of Angenent ovals (Rosenau solutions in the case of the Ricci flow on surfaces), which corresponds to a type II
solution.
In this lecture, we present a new proof of Perelman's collapsing theorem for 3-manifolds with boundary which is needed for his work on Thurston's Geometrization Conjecture. Among other things, we use an observation of Hamilton-Perelman on incompressible tori boundary for Ricci flow with surgery on thick part of a 3-manifold. Starting from incompressible tori boundary of thin part of 3-manifold, we found that there is an injective F-structure in the sense of Cheeger-Gromov. Consequently, the part of a 3-manifold for Ricci flow with surgery becomes an aspherical graph-manifold, Perelman's collapsing theorem for 3-manifolds follows.
In my talk, I will talk about , on one hand,how to use elliptic function theory to construct solutions of a specific mean field equation on torus, when the parameters are integer multiples of 4 pi. On the other hand, the PDE deep theory of bubbling analysis can be applied to obtain results related to the function theory on torus, for example, we can prove the Green function of torus has at most five critical points. Open problems of this aspect is also discussed.
In this talk, we show how to prove the normal scalar curvature conjecture and the Bottcher-Wenzel conjecture. As an application, we will use our new results to re-exam the classical pinching theorems of minimal submanifolds in spheres. Better pinching theorems are obtained.