Diameter Estimate in Geometric Flows

Abstract

We prove the upper and lower bounds of the diameter of a compact manifold (M,g(t)) with dimRM=n(n≥3) and a family of Riemannian metrics g(t) satisfying some geometric flows. Except for Ricci flow, these flows include List–Ricci flow, harmonic-Ricci flow, and Lorentzian mean curvature flow on an ambient Lorentzian manifold with non-negative sectional curvature.

Keywords

• geometric flow
• heat kernel
• diameter bound