A Spinorial Perelman's Functional: Critical Points and Gradient Flow

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Authors: Tsz-Kiu Aaron Chow, Frederick Tsz-Ho Fong
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Abstract

In this article, we introduce an energy functional on closed Riemannian spin manifolds which unifies Perelman's W- and F-functionals, Baldauf-Ouzch's E-functional, and Dirchlet energy for spinors. We compute its first variation formula, and show that its critical points under natural constraints are twisted Ricci solitons and eigen-spinsors of the weighted Dirac operator. We introduce a negative L^2-gradient flow of this functional, and establish its short-time existence and uniqueness via contraction mapping methods.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows Algebraic and Geometric Analysis Advanced Differential Geometry Research

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
5 January 2026
Document type
Preprint