Characterization of the CD(0,m)CD(0,m)-condition by monotonicity of WmW_m-entropy

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Let (M,g)(M,g) be a compact Riemannian manifold, or a complete Riemannian manifold with bounded geometry, and let f\begin{in}C^\infty(M)\end{in} satisfy ∇f∈Cb∞(M)\nabla f\in C_b^\infty(M). Suppose that the WmW_m-entropy associated with either the heat equation of the Witten Laplacian or the optimal transport problem is non-decreasing for t∈[0,T]t\in[0,T].

CD(0,m)CD(0,m) characterization conjecture. Then the CD(0,m)CD(0,m)-condition holds, that is,

Ric⁡m,n(L)≥0.\operatorname{Ric}_{m,n}(L)\geq 0.

This conjecture proposes a converse to the known implication from the CD(0,m)CD(0,m)-condition to convexity and entropy monotonicity, characterizing the curvature-dimension condition on complete Riemannian manifolds through monotonicity of the WmW_m-entropy. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source.

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Songzi Li and Xiang-Dong Li, “W-entropy formulas and Langevin deformation of flows on Wasserstein space over Riemannian manifolds”, arXiv:1604.02596 (2021).

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