206 6. THREE-MANIFOLDS OF POSITIVE RICCI CURVATURE
where the constants Ci, c~ depend only on m and n. For instance, the case
m = 2 corresponds to the explicit formula
OiojRke = \l/V'jRke
( rfj \l pRkz + rfk VjRpe + rfe \ljRkp + r;k \liRpe + r;e \liRkp)
( r;Pr; 1 Rkq + r{Pr;kRqe + rferJkRqp + rfkfJeRpq)
( air;kRpe + oir;eRkp).
Applying Corollary 6.47 and estimate (6.50), we see that
By the inductive hypothesis, we may assume that l8t8Pgl, hence laP Rel, has
been estimated for all 0 ::::; p < m - 1. By (6.51), this implies in particular
that loirl has been bounded for all 1 ::::; i ::::; m - 2. So to finish the proof, it
will suffice to estimate I am- l r I· We shall accomplish this by taking a time
derivative and integrating. By equation (6.1), we have
So by the inductive hypothesis and Corollary 6.50,
m- 1
::::; CL 1 am-1-igl iai\l Rei
i = O
m- 1
(6.52) ::::; c L loiVRc!.
i = O
Here we used the fact that bounds on g and its derivatives induce bounds