HARNACK ESTIMATES FOR NONLINEAR BACKWARD HEAT EQUATIONS WITH POTENTIALS ALONG THE RICCI-BOURGUIGNON FLOW

Abstract

In this paper, we derive various differential Harnack estimates for positive solutions to the nonlinear backward heat type equations on closed manifolds coupled with the Ricci-Bourguignon flow, which was done for the Ricci flow by J.-Y. Wu [30]. The proof follows exactly the one given by X.-D. Cao [4] for the linear backward heat type equations coupled with the Ricci flow.