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Some applications of Ricci flow to 3-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2008-02-01 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We decribe and announce some results (joint with G. Besson, L. Bessieres, M. Boileau and J.Porti) about the geometry and topology of 3-manifolds. Most of the article is primarily intended as an introduction for nonexperts to geometrization of 3-manifolds, Ricci flow with surgery, and the simplicial volume approach to collapsing theorems. In the last section, Ricci flow with surgery on open 3-manifolds and obstructions to positive scalar curvature are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.0801.4881,
  title  = {Some applications of Ricci flow to 3-manifolds},
  author = {Sylvain Maillot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4881},
  year   = {2008}
}

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29 pages