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Hamilton-Perelman's Proof of the Poincar\'e Conjecture and the Geometrization Conjecture

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we provide an essentially self-contained and detailed account of the fundamental works of Hamilton and the recent breakthrough of Perelman on the Ricci flow and their application to the geometrization of three-manifolds. In particular, we give a detailed exposition of a complete proof of the Poincar\'e conjecture due to Hamilton and Perelman.

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@article{arxiv.math/0612069,
  title  = {Hamilton-Perelman's Proof of the Poincar\'e Conjecture and the Geometrization Conjecture},
  author = {Huai-Dong Cao and Xi-Ping Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0612069},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

This is a revised version of the article by the same authors that originally appeared in Asian J. Math., {\bf 10}({\bf 2}) (2006), 165--492