To every Ricci flow on a manifold M over a time interval I ⊂ R, we associate a shrinking Ricci soliton on the space-time M×I . We relate properties of the original Ricci flow to properties of the new higher-dimensional Ricci flow equipped with its own time-parameter. This geometric construction was discovered by consideration of the theory of optimal transportation, and in particular the result...

We obtain some properties of a hyperbolic Ricci soliton with certain types potential vector fields, and we point out conditions when it reduces to trivial soliton. also study those submanifolds whose fields are the tangential components concurrent field on ambient manifold, in particular, show that totally umbilical is an Einstein manifold. prove if hypersurface Riemannian manifold constant cur...

The Ricci soliton condition reduces to a set of ODEs when one assumes that the metric is a doubly-warped product of a ray with a sphere and an Einstein manifold. If the Einstein manifold has positive Ricci curvature, we show there is a one-parameter family of solutions which give complete non-compact Ricci solitons.

8. Introduction Critical points of distance functions Toponogov's theorem; first application:a Background on finiteness theorems Homotopy Finiteness Appendix. Some volume estimates Betti numbers and rank Appendix: The generalized Mayer-Vietoris estimate Rank, curvature and diameter Ricci curvature, volume and the Laplacian Appendix. The maximum principle Ricci curvature, diameter growth and fin...

In this paper, we prove that the Lp essential spectra of the Laplacian on functions are [0,+∞) on a noncompact complete Riemannian manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature at infinity. The similar method applies to gradient shrinking Ricci soliton, which is similar to non-compact manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature in many ways. © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A Ricci soliton (M, g, v, λ) on a Riemannian manifold (M, g) is said to have concurrent potential field if its potential field v is a concurrent vector field. In the first part of this paper we classify Ricci solitons with concurrent potential fields. In the second part we derive a necessary and sufficient condition for a submanifold to be a Ricci soliton in a Riemannian manifold equipped with ...

In this work we construct and analyze exact solutions describing Ricci flows and nonholonomic deformations of four dimensional (4D) Taub-NUT spacetimes. It is outlined a new geometric techniques of constructing Ricci flow solutions. Some conceptual issues on spacetimes provided with generic off–diagonal metrics and associated nonlinear connection structures are analyzed. The limit from gravity/...

In the context of paracontact geometry, η-Ricci solitons are considered on manifolds satisfying certain curvature conditions: R(ξ,X) · S = 0, S · R(ξ,X) = 0, W2(ξ,X) · S = 0 and S · W2(ξ,X) = 0. We prove that on a para-Kenmotsu manifold (M,φ, ξ, η, g), the existence of an η-Ricci soliton implies that (M, g) is quasi-Einstein and if the Ricci curvature satisfies R(ξ,X) · S = 0, then (M, g) is Ei...

In this work we construct and analyze exact solutions describing Ricci flows and nonholonomic deformations of four dimensional (4D) Taub-NUT spacetimes. It is outlined a new geometric techniques of constructing Ricci flow solutions. Some conceptual issues on spacetimes provided with generic off–diagonal metrics and associated nonlinear connection structures are analyzed. The limit from gravity/...

One of the classical problems in differential geometry is the investigation of closed manifolds which admit Riemannian metrics with given lower bounds for the sectional or the Ricci curvature and the study of relations between the existence of such metrics and the topology and geometry of the underlying manifold. Despite many efforts during the past decades, this problem is still far from being...