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In this paper, we prove a unique continuation or ``backwards-uniqueness'' theorem for solutions to the Ricci flow. A particular consequence is that the isometry group of a solution cannot expand within the lifetime of the solution.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-06-29 Brett Kotschwar

We give the global picture of the normalized Ricci flow on generalized flag manifolds with two or three isotropy summands. The normalized Ricci flow for these spaces descents to a parameter depending system of two or three ordinary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-25 Stavros Anastassiou , Ioannis Chrysikos

Given $\Bbb R^2, $ with a ``good'' complete metric, we show that the unique solution of the Ricci flow approaches a soliton at time infinity. Solitons are solutions of the Ricci flow, which move only by diffeomorphism. The Ricci flow on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Lang-Fang Wu

In this paper we study the behavior of the Ricci flow at infinity for the full flag manifold $SU(3)/T$ using techniques of the qualitative theory of differential equations, in special the Poincar\'e Compactification and Lyapunov exponents.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-08-31 Ricardo Miranda Martins , Lino Grama

This article grew out of the urge to realize explicit examples of solutions for the Ricci flow as families of isometrically embedded submanifolds, together with its Gromov-Hausdorff collapses. To this aim, we consider the Ricci flow of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-07-27 Mauro Patrão , Lucas Seco , Llohann D. Sperança

We introduce a variation of the classical Ricci flow equation that modifies the unit volume constraint of that equation to a scalar curvature constraint. The resulting equations are named the Conformal Ricci Flow Equations because of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Arthur E. Fischer

We define several notions of singular set for Type I Ricci flows and show that they all coincide. In order to do this, we prove that blow-ups around singular points converge to nontrivial gradient shrinking solitons, thus extending work of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-14 Joerg Enders , Reto Müller , Peter M. Topping

This paper studies the normalized Ricci flow on surfaces with conical singularities. It's proved that the normalized Ricci flow has a solution for a short time for initial metrics with conical singularities. Moreover, the solution makes…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-08 Hao Yin

In this short note, we observe that the Bamler-Kleiner proof of uniqueness and stability for 3-dimensional Ricci flow through singularities generalizes to singular Ricci flows in higher dimensions that satisfy an analogous canonical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Robert Haslhofer

Ricci flow spacetimes were introduced by Kleiner & Lott as a way to describe Ricci flow through singularities, and have since been used elsewhere in the literature, prompting the question of their rigidity. In $(2+1)$-dimensions, we show…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-23 Luke Thomas Peachey

A flow of metrics, $g_t$, on a manifold is a solution of a differential equation $\dt g = S(g)$, where a geometric functional $S(g)$ is a symmetric $(0,2)$-tensor usually related to some kind of curvature. The mixed sectional curvature of a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-11-28 Vladimir Rovenski , Vladimir Sharafutdinov

In previous work, Angenent, Isenberg, and Knopf created type-II Ricci flow neckpinch singularities. In this paper we construct solutions to Ricci flow whose initial data is the singular metric resulting from these singularities. We show in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-09 Timothy Carson

In earlier work, we derived formal matched asymptotic profiles for families of Ricci flow solutions developing Type-II degenerate neckpinches. In the present work, we prove that there do exist Ricci flow solutions that develop singularities…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Sigurd B. Angenent , James Isenberg , Dan Knopf

In this paper we prove a compactness result for Ricci flows with bounded scalar curvature and entropy. It states that given any sequence of such Ricci flows, we can pass to a subsequence that converges to a metric space which is smooth away…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-16 Richard H. Bamler

We consider a generalized Ricci flow with a given (not necessarily closed) three-form and establish the higher derivatives estimates for compact manifolds. As an application, we prove the compactness theorem for this generalized Ricci flow.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-18 Yi Li

We study the four dimensional Ricci flow with the help of local invariants. If $(M^4, g(t))$ is a solution to the Ricci flow and $x \in M^4$, we can associate to the point $x$ a one-parameter family of curves, which lie in the product of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-24 Ilias Tergiakidis

Imposing non-integrable constraints on Ricci flows of (pseudo) Riemannian metrics we model mutual transforms to, and from, non-Riemannian spaces. Such evolutions of geometries and physical theories can be modelled for nonholonomic manifolds…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-05-20 Sergiu I. Vacaru

We consider four extended Ricci flow systems---that is, Ricci flow coupled with other geometric flows---and prove dynamical stability of certain classes of stationary solutions of these flows. The systems include Ricci flow coupled with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-22 Michael Bradford Williams

We consider generalized diffeomorphisms on an extended mega-space associated to the U-duality group of gauged maximal supergravity in four dimensions, E_7. Through the bein for the extended metric we derive dynamical (field-dependent)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 G. Aldazabal , M. Graña , D. Marqués , J. A. Rosabal

In this work we present solutions to the Ricci flow equations in arbitrary dimensions, particularizing for the $3d$ and $4d$ cases. We start by considering the $3d$ case and note that our solutions belong to the family of maximally…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-22 R. Cartas-Fuentevilla , A. Herrera-Aguilar , J. A. Olvera-Santamaría