Width and finite extinction time of Ricci flow

DOI10.2140/GT.2008.12.2537zbMath1161.53352arXiv0707.0108OpenAlexW2962676396MaRDI QIDQ1006117

Tobias Holck Colding, William P. II. Minicozzi

Publication date: 19 March 2009

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.0108

zbMATH Keywords

widthextinctionharmonic mapRicci flowsweepoutmin-Maxbubble convergence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Variational problems concerning minimal surfaces (problems in two independent variables) (58E12) Homotopy spheres, Poincaré conjecture (57R60)

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