Gradient estimate for a nonlinear heat equation on Riemannian manifolds

Jiang, Xinrong

doi:10.1090/proc/12995

Gradient estimate for a nonlinear heat equation on Riemannian manifolds
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Abstract:

In this paper, we derive a local Hamilton type gradient estimate for a nonlinear heat equation on Riemannian manifolds. As its application, we obtain a Liouville type theorem.

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