Integral curvature estimates for solutions to Ricci flow with Lᵖ bounded scalar curvature

In this paper we prove localised, weighted curvature integral estimates for solutions to the Ricci flow in the setting of a smooth four dimensional Ricci flow or a closed n-dimensional K\"ahler Ricci flow. These integral estimates improve and extend the integral curvature estimates shown by the second author in an earlier paper. If the scalar curvature is uniformly bounded in the spatial Lᵖ sense for some p>2, then the estimates imply a uniform bound on the spatial L² norm of the Riemannian curvature tensor. Stronger integral estimates are shown to hold if one further assumes a weak non-inflating condition. In a sequel paper, we show that in many natural settings, a non-inflating condition holds.