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# Ricci Flow and the Poincare Conjecture

@inproceedings{Morgan2007RicciFA,
title={Ricci Flow and the Poincare Conjecture},
author={John W. Morgan and Gang Tian},
year={2007}
}
• Published 25 July 2006
• Mathematics
Background from Riemannian geometry and Ricci flow: Preliminaries from Riemannian geometry Manifolds of non-negative curvature Basics of Ricci flow The maximum principle Convergence results for Ricci flow Perelman's length function and its applications: A comparison geometry approach to the Ricci flow Complete Ricci flows of bounded curvature Non-collapsed results $\kappa$-non-collapsed ancient solutions Bounded curvature at bounded distance Geometric limits of generalized Ricci flows The…
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