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The Ricci Flow in Riemannian Geometry

A Complete Proof of the Differentiable 1/4-Pinching Sphere Theorem

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  • © 2011

Overview

  • A self contained presentation of the proof of the differentiable sphere theorem
  • A presentation of the geometry of vector bundles in a form suitable for geometric PDE
  • A discussion of the history of the sphere theorem and of future challenges
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 2011)

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This book focuses on Hamilton's Ricci flow, beginning with a detailed discussion of the required aspects of differential geometry, progressing through existence and regularity theory, compactness theorems for Riemannian manifolds, and Perelman's noncollapsing results, and culminating in a detailed analysis of the evolution of curvature, where recent breakthroughs of Böhm and Wilking and Brendle and Schoen have led to a proof of the differentiable 1/4-pinching sphere theorem.

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“The book is dedicated almost entirely to the analysis of the Ricci flow, viewed first as a heat type equation hence its consequences, and later from the more recent developments due to Perelman’s monotonicity formulas and the blow-up analysis of the flow which was made thus possible. … is very enjoyable for specialists and non-specialists (of curvature flows) alike.” (Alina Stancu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1214, 2011)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mathematics and its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Ben Andrews

  • Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Christopher Hopper

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