Green-Function Monotonicity under Positive Bakry-Émery Curvature
Abstract
Inspired by the Green-function monotonicity formulas of Colding, Minicozzi, and Manea, we establish weighted monotonicity formulas on closed weighted Riemannian manifolds satisfying Ricfm ≥ (m−1)kg, where m>n≥ 3 and k>0. Our results extend Manea's elliptic monotonicity framework to the setting of finite-dimensional Bakry-Émery curvature and provide a positive-curvature counterpart to the weighted formulas of Song-Wei-Wu. Starting from the Green function of −Δf+m(m−2)k/4, we derive an exact weighted Bochner identity and prove three monotonicity formulas, together with a one-parameter family for β≥ (m−2)/(m−1), under explicit pole-integrability conditions. We also treat the case of negative effective dimension m<0, for which the nonnegative square decomposition remains valid, while the change in the behavior near the Green pole leads to reversed area and volume monotonicity on finite sublevel sets. We conclude with comparisons and questions concerning entropy monotonicity formulas and positive-curvature RCD spaces.
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BibTeX
@misc{wang2026greenfunction,
title = {{Green-Function Monotonicity under Positive Bakry-Émery Curvature}},
author = {Yu-Zhao Wang and Zeng-Ting Wu},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.38838},
eprint = {2609.38838},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.38838},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Green-Function Monotonicity under Positive Bakry-Émery Curvature
AU - Yu-Zhao Wang
AU - Zeng-Ting Wu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.38838
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.38838
AB - Inspired by the Green-function monotonicity formulas of Colding, Minicozzi, and Manea, we establish weighted monotonicity formulas on closed weighted Riemannian manifolds satisfying Ric_f^m ≥ (m−1)kg, where m>n≥ 3 and k>0. Our results extend Manea's elliptic monotonicity framework to the setting of finite-dimensional Bakry-Émery curvature and provide a positive-curvature counterpart to the weighted formulas of Song-Wei-Wu. Starting from the Green function of −Δ_f+m(m−2)k/4, we derive an exact weighted Bochner identity and prove three monotonicity formulas, together with a one-parameter family for β≥ (m−2)/(m−1), under explicit pole-integrability conditions. We also treat the case of negative effective dimension m<0, for which the nonnegative square decomposition remains valid, while the change in the behavior near the Green pole leads to reversed area and volume monotonicity on finite sublevel sets. We conclude with comparisons and questions concerning entropy monotonicity formulas and positive-curvature RCD spaces.
ER -