Heat Kernel Estimate Along Ricci-Harmonic Flow
In this paper, we study the Ricci-harmonic flow under the assumption that the scalar curvature is bounded. First, we establish a time-derivative bound for solutions to the heat equation along the flow. Based on this estimate, we derive a short-time distance-distortion estimate and prove the existence of suitable cutoff functions. Using these results, we obtain Gaussian-type upper and lower bounds for the heat kernel along the Ricci-harmonic flow. Our results generalize the previous work of Bamler–Zhang on Ricci flow to the Ricci-harmonic flow setting, and can be used to study the regularity theory of Ricci-harmonic flow.
Authors
- Guoqiang Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5689-1808)
- Chen Wang
Institutions
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mathematics
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/math14081346
- Primary Topic
- Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
- Fujian Normal University
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province