English

A simple proof on the non-existence of shrinking breathers for the Ricci flow

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Suppose MM is a compact n-dimensional manifold, n2n\ge 2, with a metric gij(x,t)g_{ij}(x,t) that evolves by the Ricci flow tgij=2Rij\partial_tg_{ij}=-2R_{ij} in M×(0,T)M\times (0,T). We will give a simple proof of a recent result of Perelman on the non-existence of shrinking breather without using the logarithmic Sobolev inequality.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0509087,
  title  = {A simple proof on the non-existence of shrinking breathers for the Ricci flow},
  author = {Shu-Yu Hsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0509087},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

15 pages