Title
Convergence of the Ricci flow for metrics with indefinite Ricci curvature
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1990
Publication Title
Journal of Differential Geometry
Department
Mathematics and Computer Science
Abstract
Hamilton's Ricci flow convergence theorems generally deal with metrics whose Ricci curvature is positive semidefinite. Here, we exhibit a nontrivial class of three-dimensional Riemannian metrics with Ricci curvature of indefinite sign for which the Ricci flow converges.
ISSN
0022-040X
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Citation
M. Carfora, J. Isenberg, and M. Jackson, "Convergence of the Ricci flow for a class of Riemannian metrics with indefinite Ricci curvature," Journal of Differential Geometry,31, 249{263, 1990.