Simplicial Ricci flow

DOI10.1007/S00220-014-1911-6zbMATH Open1295.53076arXiv1302.0804OpenAlexW2157104589MaRDI QIDQ2249759FDOQ2249759

Warner A. Miller, David Xianfeng Gu, J. R. McDonald, Shing-Tung Yau, Paul M. Alsing

Publication date: 3 July 2014

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct a discrete form of Hamilton's Ricci flow (RF) equations for a d-dimensional piecewise flat simplicial geometry, S. These new algebraic equations are derived using the discrete formulation of Einstein's theory of general relativity known as Regge calculus. A Regge-Ricci flow (RRF) equation is naturally associated to each edge, L, of a simplicial lattice. In defining this equation, we find it convenient to utilize both the simplicial lattice, S, and its circumcentric dual lattice, S*. In particular, the RRF equation associated to L is naturally defined on a d-dimensional hybrid block connecting $ell$ with its (d-1)-dimensional circumcentric dual cell, L*. We show that this equation is expressed as the proportionality between (1) the simplicial Ricci tensor, Rc_L, associated with the edge L in S, and (2) a certain volume weighted average of the fractional rate of change of the edges, lambda in L*, of the circumcentric dual lattice, S*, that are in the dual of L. The inherent orthogonality between elements of S and their duals in S* provide a simple geometric representation of Hamilton's RF equations. In this paper we utilize the well established theories of Regge calculus, or equivalently discrete exterior calculus, to construct these equations. We solve these equations for a few illustrative examples.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.0804

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zbMATH Keywords

Regge calculusHamilton's Ricci flowdiscrete exterior calculus[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Poincar%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD+conjecture&go=Go Poincar�� conjecture]dual-edge Regge-Ricci flowpiecewise-flat simplicial geometrysimplicial Regge-Ricci flow equationsimplicial Ricci flow equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Polyhedral manifolds (52B70) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Triangulating (57R05) Manifolds and cell complexes (57-XX)

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