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Ricci flow from spaces with isolated conical singularities

Differential Geometry 2018-12-19 v2

Abstract

Let (M,g0)(M,g_0) be a compact nn-dimensional Riemannian manifold with a finite number of singular points, where the metric is asymptotic to a non-negatively curved cone over (Sn1,g)(\mathbb{S}^{n-1},g). We show that there exists a smooth Ricci flow starting from such a metric with curvature decaying like C/t. The initial metric is attained in Gromov-Hausdorff distance and smoothly away from the singular points. In the case that the initial manifold has isolated singularities asymptotic to a non-negatively curved cone over (Sn1/Γ,g)(\mathbb{S}^{n-1}/\Gamma,g), where Γ\Gamma acts freely and properly discontinuously, we extend the above result by showing that starting from such an initial condition there exists a smooth Ricci flow with isolated orbifold singularities.

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@article{arxiv.1610.09753,
  title  = {Ricci flow from spaces with isolated conical singularities},
  author = {Panagiotis Gianniotis and Felix Schulze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.09753},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Final version, to appear in Geometry & Topology

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