Convergence of Finite Element Methods for Ricci Flow

DOI10.48550/arXiv.2607.17051MaRDI QIDQ7284175arXivFDO

Authors Guangwei Gao, Evan S. Gawlik, Buyang Li

Publication date 19 July 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr This paper proves the convergence of a finite element discretization for two-dimensional Ricci flow, which preserves geometric structures like area conservation and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.17051

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) PDEs on manifolds (35R01) Ricci flows (53E20) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60)

arXiv classification

math.NA

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