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We consider the problem of when a smooth Ricci flow, for positive time, that attains smooth initial data in a weak sense must be smooth down to the initial time. We obtain curvature estimates for an example where this fails. We prove a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-27 Man-Chun Lee , Peter M. Topping

In this article, we prove an $\epsilon$-regularity theorem for Perelman's reduced volume. We show that on a Ricci flow, if Perelman's reduced volume is close to $1$, then the curvature radius at the base point cannot be too small.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Liang Cheng , Yongjia Zhang

We study Ricci flows on $R^n$, $n\ge 3$, that evolve from asymptotically flat initial data. Under mild conditions on the initial data, we show that the flow exists and remains asymptotically flat for an interval of time. The mass is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-09 T. Oliynyk , E. Woolgar

In this note we study conformal Ricci flow introduced by Arthur Fischer. We use DeTurck's trick to rewrite conformal Ricci flow as a strong parabolic-elliptic partial differential equations. Then we prove short time existences for conformal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-09-27 Peng Lu , Jie Qing , Yu Zheng

The famous Uniformization Theorem states that on closed Riemannian surfaces there always exists a metric of constant curvature for the Levi-Cevita connection. In this article we prove that an analogue of the uniformization theorem also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-01-10 Volker Branding , Klaus Kroencke

On a hyperbolic 3-manifold of finite volume, we prove that if the initial metric is sufficiently close to the hyperbolic metric $h_0$, then the normalized Ricci-DeTurck flow exists for all time and converges exponentially fast to $h_0$ in a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Ruojing Jiang , Franco Vargas Pallete

In Riemannian geometry, the Ricci flow is the analogue of heat diffusion; a deformation of the metric tensor driven by its Ricci curvature. As a step towards resolving the problem of time in quantum gravity, we attempt to merge the Ricci…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-05 Mohammed Alzain

We study enhancement of diffusive mixing on a compact Riemannian manifold by a fast incompressible flow. Our main result is a sharp description of the class of flows that make the deviation of the solution from its average arbitrarily small…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 P. Constantin , A. Kiselev , L. Ryzhik , A. Zlatos

We contribute to an original problem studied by Hamilton and others, in order to understand the behaviour of maximal solutions of the Ricci flow both in compact and non-compact complete orientable Riemannian manifolds of finite volume. The…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-21 Stefano Nardulli , Francesco G. Russo

We construct the classical mechanics associated with a conformally flat Riemannian metric on a compact, n-dimensional manifold without boundary. The corresponding gradient Ricci flow equation turns out to equal the time-dependent…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-16 S. Abraham , P. Fernandez de Cordoba , J. M. Isidro , J. L. G. Santander

We explore consequences of a hyperbolic metric induced by the composition property of the Harvda-Charvat/Dar\'{o}czy/Cressie-Read/Tsallis entropy. We address the special case of systems described by small deviations of the non-extensive…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-05-27 Nikos Kalogeropoulos

In this paper, we present finite topological type theorems for open manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature, under almost maximal local rewinding volume. Unlike previous related research, our theorems remove the constraints of sectional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Hongzhi Huang

We prove that Ricci flows with almost maximal extinction time must be nearly round, provided that they have positive isotropic curvature when crossed with $\mathbb{R}^{2}$. As an application, we show that positively curved metrics on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-11 Richard H. Bamler , Davi Maximo

A $\mathrm{G}_2$-structure on a $7$-manifold $M$ is called a $\mathrm{G}_2T$-structure if $M$ admits a $\mathrm{G}_2$-connection $\nabla^T$ with totally skew-symmetric torsion $T_\varphi$. If furthermore, $T_\varphi$ is closed then it is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Anna Fino , Udhav Fowdar

We consider the Kaehler-Ricci flow on complete finite-volume metrics that live on the complement of a divisor in a compact Kaehler manifold X. Assuming certain spatial asymptotics on the initial metric, we compute the singularity time in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-19 John Lott , Zhou Zhang

The stability of a recently developed piecewise flat Ricci flow is investigated, using a linear stability analysis and numerical simulations, and a class of piecewise flat approximations of smooth manifolds is adapted to avoid an inherent…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-23 Rory Conboye

It is well-known that the Ricci flow of a closed 3-manifold containing an essential minimal 2-sphere will fail to exist after a finite time. Conversely, the Ricci flow of a complete, rotationally symmetric, asymptotically flat manifold…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-04-13 T Balehowsky , E Woolgar

A smooth closed manifold $M$ is called almost Ricci-flat if $$\inf_g||\textrm{Ric}_g||_\infty\cdot \textrm{diam}_g(M)^2=0$$ where $\textrm{Ric}_g$ and $\textrm{diam}_g$ denote the Ricci tensor and the diameter of $g$ respectively and $g$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-03 Chanyoung Sung

We develop a perturbative formulation of the Ricci flow in gravity. Following steps analogous to the gradient flow in QCD, we supplement the usual Feynman rules for perturbative gravity by flowed propagators and vertices as well as graviton…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-22 Robert V. Harlander , Yannick Kluth , Jonas T. Kohnen , Henry Werthenbach

The Ricci flow is a partial differential equation for evolving the metric in a Riemannian manifold to make it more regular. On the other hand, neural networks seem to have similar geometric behavior for specific tasks. In this paper, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Jun Chen , Tianxin Huang , Wenzhou Chen , Yong Liu