Navigation Finsler metrics on a gradient Ricci soliton

In this paper,we study a class of Finsler metrics defined by a vector field on a gradient Ricci soliton.We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for these Finsler metrics on a compact gradient Ricci soliton to be of isotropic S-curvature by establishing a new integral inequality.Then we determine the Ricci curvature of navigation Finsler metrics of isotropic S-curvature on a gradient Ricci soliton generalizing result only known in the case when such soliton is of Einstein type.As its application,we obtain the Ricci curvature of all navigation Finsler metrics of isotropic S-curvature on Gaussian shrinking soliton.

ON A NEW DEFINITION OF RICCI CURVATURE ON ALEXANDROV SPACES

Recently, in [49], a new definition for lower Ricci curvature bounds on Alexandrov spaces was introduced by the authors. In this article, we extend our research to summarize the geometric and analytic results under this Ricci condition. In particular, two new results, the rigidity result of Bishop-Gromov volume comparison and Lipschitz continuity of heat kernel, are obtained.

Open Manifolds with Nonnegative Ricci Curvature and Large Volume Growth

In this paper, we prove that if M is an open manifold with nonnegativeRicci curvature and large volume growth, positive critical radius, then sup Cp = ∞.As an application, we give a theorem which supports strongly Petersen's conjecture.

A DIFFERENTIABLE SPHERE THEOREM WITH PINCHING INTEGRAL RICCI CURVATURE

In this article, we introduce the Hausdorff convergence to derive a differentiable sphere theorem which shows an interesting rigidity phenomenon on some kind of manifolds.

Small Excess and the Topology of Open Manifolds with Ricci Curvature Negatively Lower Bounded

In this paper, we study the relation between the excess of open manifolds and their topology by using the methods of comparison geometry. We prove that a complete open Riemmannian manifold with Ricci curvature negatively lower bounded is of finite topological type provided that the conjugate radius is bounded from below by a positive constant and its Excess is bounded by some function of its conjugate radius, which improves some results in [4].

Ricci Curvature of Certain Submanifolds in Kenmotsu Space Forms

In this paper, we obtain some sharp inequalities between the Ricci cur- vature and the squared mean curvature for bi-slant and semi-slant submanifolds in Kenmotsu space forms. Estimates of the scalar curvature and the k-Ricci curvature, in terms of the squared mean curvature, are also proved respectively.

Complete Open Manifolds with Nonnegative Ricci Curvature

In this paper, we study complete open manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and injectivity radius bounded from below. We find that this kind of manifolds are diffeomorphic to a Euclidean space when certain distance functions satisfy a reasonable condition.

Manifolds with Bakry-Emery Ricci Curvature Bounded Below

In this paper we show that, under some conditions, if M is a manifold with Bakry-émery Ricci curvature bounded below and with bounded potential function then M is compact. We also establish a volume comparison theorem for manifolds with nonnegative Bakry-émery Ricci curvature which allows us to prove a topolological rigidity theorem for such manifolds.

Quasi-con form ally Flat Manifolds with Constant Scalar Curvature

Goldberg and Wu studied a conformally flat manifold M with constant scalar curvature. When the Ricci curvature of M is of bounded below or positive,the conditions of M becoming a constant curvature manifold are obtained. In this paper,we consider conharmonically flat manifolds and quasi conformally flat manifolds with constant saclar curvature. The corresponding results are generalized.

Projectively Ricci-flat General(α,β)-metrics

In this paper,we study the projectively Ricci-flat general(α,β)-metrics within to a spray framework and also bring out the rich variety of behaviour displayed by an important projective invariant.Projective Ricci curvature is one of the essential projective invariant in Finsler geometry which has been introduced by Z.Shen.The projective Ricci curvature is defined as Ricci curvature of a projective spray associated with a given spray G on M^(n) with a volume form dV on M^(n).

C~∞ Compactness for a Class of Riemannian Manifolds with Parallel Ricci Curvature

In this paper we prove that tile set of Riemannian manifolds with parallel Ricci curvature, lower bounds for sectional curvature and injectivity radius and a upper bound for volume is coo compact in Gromov-Hausdroff topology. As an application we also prove a pinching result which states that a Ricci flat manifold is flat under certain conditions.

GRADIENT ESTIMATES AND ENTROPY FORMULAE FOR WEIGHTED p-HEAT EQUATIONS ON SMOOTH METRIC MEASURE SPACES

Let （M,g, e^-fdv） be a smooth metric measure space. In this paper, we con- sider two nonlinear weighted p-heat equations. Firstly, we derive a Li-Yau type gradient estimates for the positive solutions to the following nonlinear weighted p-heat equationand f is a smooth function on M under the assumptionthat the m-dimensional nonnegative Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature. Secondly, we show an entropy monotonicity formula with nonnegative m-dimensional Bakry-Emery Ricci curva- ture which is a generalization to the results of Kotschwar and Ni [9], Li [7].

On the Ricci Curvature of a Randers Metric of Isotropic S-curvature

We derive the integral inequality of a Randers metric with isotropic S-curvature in terms of its navigation representation. Using the obtained inequality we give some rigidity results under the condition of Ricci curvature. In particular, we show the following result： Assume that an n-dimensional compact Randers manifold （M, F） has constant S-curvature c. Then （M, F） must be Riemannian if its Ricci curvature satisfies that Ric 〈 -（n - 1）c^2.

THE ∂∂^(-)-BOCHNER FORMULAS FOR HOLOMORPHIC MAPPINGS BETWEEN HERMITIAN MANIFOLDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

In this paper,we derive some∂∂^(-)-Bochner formulas for holomorphic maps between Hermitian manifolds.As applications,we prove some Schwarz lemma type estimates,and some rigidity and degeneracy theorems.For instance,we show that there is no non-constant holomorphic map from a compact Hermitian manifold with positive(resp.non-negative)ℓ-second Ricci curvature to a Hermitian manifold with non-positive(resp.negative)real bisectional curvature.These theorems generalize the results[5,6]proved recently by L.Ni on Kähler manifolds to Hermitian manifolds.We also derive an integral inequality for a holomorphic map between Hermitian manifolds.

On the first eigenvalue of Finsler manifolds with nonnegative weighted Ricci curvature

We prove that for a compact Finsler manifold M with nonnegative weighted Ricci curvature,if its first closed(resp.Neumann)eigenvalue of Finsler-Laplacian attains the sharp lower bound,then M is isometric to a circle(resp.a segment).Moreover,a lower bound of the first eigenvalue of Finsler-Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary condition is also estimated.These generalize the corresponding results in recent literature.

A differentiable sphere theorem with positive Ricci curvature and reverse volume pinching

Let Mn be a compact, simply connected n (≥3)-dimensional Riemannian manifold without bound-ary and Sn be the unit sphere Euclidean space Rn+1. We derive a differentiable sphere theorem whenever themanifold concerned satisfies that the sectional curvature KM is not larger than 1, while Ric(M)≥n+2 4 and the volume V (M) is not larger than (1 + η)V (Sn) for some positive number η depending only on n.

On the projective Ricci curvature

The notion of the Ricci curvature is defined for sprays on a manifold.With a volume form on a manifold,every spray can be deformed to a projective spray.The Ricci curvature of a projective spray is called the projective Ricci curvature.In this paper,we introduce the notion of projectively Ricci-flat sprays.We establish a global rigidity result for projectively Ricci-flat sprays with nonnegative Ricci curvature.Then we study and characterize projectively Ricci-flat Randers metrics.

ON THE FUNDAMENTAL GROUP OF OPEN MANIFOLDS WITH NONNEGATIVE RICCI CURVATURE

The authors establish some uniform estimates for the distance to halfway points of minimalgeodesics in terms of the distantce to end points on some types of Riemannian manifolds, andthen prove some theorems about the finite generation of fundamental group of Riemannianmanifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, which support the famous Milnor conjecture.

Ricci Curvature and Fundamental Group

Abstract By refined volume estimates in terms of Ricci curvature, the two results due to J. Milnor （1968） are generalized.

Comparison theorems on Finsler manifolds with weighted Ricci curvature bounded below

We obtain the Laplacian comparison theorem and the Bishop- Gromov comparison theorem on a Finsler manifold with the weighted Ricci curvature Ric∞ bounded below. As applications, we prove that if the weighted Ricci curvature Ri∞ is bounded below by a positive number, then the manifold must have finite fundamental group, and must be compact if the distortion is also bounded. Moreover, we give the Calabi-Yau linear volume growth theorem on a Finsler manifold with nonnegative weighted Ricci curvature.