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We prove the convergence of K\"ahler-Ricci flow with some small initial curvature conditions. As applications, we discuss the convergence of K\"ahler-Ricci flow when the complex structure varies on a K\"ahler-Einstein manifold.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-07-30 Xiuxiong Chen , Haozhao Li

We prove the existence of Ricci flow starting from a class of metrics with unbounded curvature, which are doubly-warped products over an interval with a spherical factor pinched off at an end. These provide a forward evolution from some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-25 Timothy Carson

We survey several problems concerning Riemannian manifolds with positive curvature of one form or another. We describe the PIC1 notion of positive curvature and argue that it is often the sharp notion of positive curvature to consider.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-04 Peter M. Topping

We study solutions to generalized Ricci flow on four-manifolds with a nilpotent, codimension $1$ symmetry. We show that all such flows are immortal, and satisfy type III curvature and diameter estimates. Using a new kind of monotone energy…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Steven Gindi , Jeffrey Streets

In this paper we will give a simple proof of a modification of a result on pseudolocality for the Ricci flow by P.Lu without using the pseudolocality theorem 10.1 of Perelman [P1]. We also obtain an extension of a result of Hamilton on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-10-07 Shu-Yu Hsu

A fundamental tool in the analysis of Ricci flow is a compactness result of Hamilton in the spirit of the work of Cheeger, Gromov and others. Roughly speaking it allows one to take a sequence of Ricci flows with uniformly bounded curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-18 Peter Topping

We study the Ricci flow on $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, with $n\geq 2$, starting at some complete bounded curvature rotationally symmetric metric $g_{0}$. We first focus on the case where $(\mathbb{R}^{n+1},g_{0})$ does not contain minimal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-18 Francesco Di Giovanni

In this note, we give a diffeomorphism (to $\mathbb{R}^n$) criterion via long-time Ricci flow and show some applications. In particular, we provide an affirmative answer that the conclusion in [Manifolds with small curvature concentration,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Shaochuang Huang , Zhuo Peng

We study curvature pinching estimates of Ricci flow on complete 3- dimensional manifolds without bounded curvature assumption. We will derive some general curvature conditions which are preserved on any complete solution of 3-dim Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-22 Bing-Long Chen , Guoyi Xu , Zhuhong Zhang

We describe the Ricci flow on two classes of compact three-dimensional manifolds: 1. Warped products with a circle fiber over a two-dimensional base. 2. Manifolds with a free local isometric U(1) x U(1) action.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-10 John Lott , Natasa Sesum

In this article, we introduce a mass-decreasing flow for asymptotically flat three-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. This flow is defined by iterating a suitable Ricci flow with surgery and conformal rescalings and has a number…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-18 Robert Haslhofer

We prove a general existence result for instantaneously complete Ricci flows starting at an arbitrary Riemannian surface which may be incomplete and may have unbounded curvature. We give an explicit formula for the maximal existence time,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-09-13 Gregor Giesen , Peter M. Topping

We survey all results concerning the topology of complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature that have no additional conditions other than restrictions to the dimension, volume growth or diameter growth of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-09 Zhongmin Shen , Christina Sormani

We develop a theory of Ricci flow for metrics on Courant algebroids which unifies and extends the analytic theory of various geometric flows, yielding a general tool for constructing solutions to supergravity equations. We prove short time…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-20 Jeffrey Streets , Charles Strickland-Constable , Fridrich Valach

We show that for certain locally collapsing initial data with Ricci curvature bounded below, one could start the Ricci flow for a definite period of time. This provides a Ricci flow smoothing tool, with which we find topological conditions…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Shaosai Huang , Bing Wang

In this paper we prove local existence of a Ricci de Turck flow starting at a space with incomplete edge singularities and flowing for a short time within a class of incomplete edge manifolds. We derive regularity properties for the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Boris Vertman

We show that the scalar curvature is uniformly bounded for the normalized Kahler-Ricci flow on a Kahler manifold with semi-ample canonical bundle. In particular, the normalized Kahler-Ricci flow has long time existence if and only if the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-28 Jian Song , Gang Tian

We produce solutions to the K\"ahler-Ricci flow emerging from complete initial metrics $g_0$ which are $C^0$ Hermitian limits of K\"ahler metrics. Of particular interest is when $g_0$ is K\"ahler with unbounded curvature. We provide such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-04-01 Albert Chau , Ka-Fai Li , Luen-Fai Tam

In this paper we prove localised weighted curvature integral estimates for solutions to the Ricci flow in the setting of a smooth four dimensional Ricci flow or a closed $n$-dimensional K\"ahler Ricci flow. These integral estimates improve…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-31 Jiawei Liu , Miles Simon

In this paper, we study the moduli spaces of noncollapsed Ricci flow solutions with bounded energy and scalar curvature. We show a weak compactness theorem for such moduli spaces and apply it to study isoperimetric constant control,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-02-11 Xiuxiong Chen , Bing Wang