On the entropy estimate for the Ricci flow on compact 2-orbifolds (Q810893)

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On the entropy estimate for the Ricci flow on compact 2-orbifolds
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    On the entropy estimate for the Ricci flow on compact 2-orbifolds (English)
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    1991
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    Let (M,g) be a compact 2-dimensional Riemannian manifold. Hamilton's Ricci flow is the solution of the equation \((\partial /\partial t)g(x,t)=(r-R(x,t))g(x,t),\) \(x\in M\), \(t>0\), where R is the scalar curvature of g and r is the average of R. The entropy -N(t) is defined by \(N(t)=\int_{M_ t}R\cdot \log R dA\) if R is positive. The author gives a proof of the monotonicity of the entropy. Next, the author defines a modified entropy in the case where g has negative curvature somewhere and then proves the boundedness of the modified entropy.
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    Ricci flow
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    scalar curvature
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    entropy
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