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