Piecewise flat curvature and Ricci flow in three dimensions (Q1704285)

In this paper the authors develop discrete versions of the scalar, Ricci and sectional curvatures on simplicial piecewise flat triangulations of smooth manifolds, which depend on the simplicial structure and a choice of dual tessellation. The authors show that in some examples these piecewise flat curvatures converge to their smooth values. Using their version of Ricci curvature the authors devise a piecewise flat Ricci flow, which in some cases converges to the smooth Ricci flow of Richard Hamilton.