Gradient estimate and Universal bounds for semilinear elliptic equations on RCD$^*$(K,N) metric measure spaces

Abstract: We provide logarithmic gradient estimate and universal boundedness estimate for semilinear elliptic equations on RCD$^*(K,N)$, metric measure spaces. In certain case, these estimates are optimal even on RCD$^*(K,N)$ spaces with $K<0$. Two direct corollaries of these estimates are Harnack inequality and Liouville theorem. In addition to these estimates, we also establish relations among the universal boundedness estimate, the logarithmic gradient estimate, and Harnack inequality. Under certain conditions, even in wild setting, they are $\kappa$-equivalent on RCD$^*(0,N)$ spaces for any $\kappa>1$.