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Appendix C. Glossary
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- Differentiating the.soliton equation - local and global analysis
- Warped products and 2-dimensional solitons
- · 4. Constructing the Bryant steady soliton
- Rotationally symmetric expanding solitons
- Homogeneous expanding solitons
- When breathers and solitons are Einstein
- Perelman's energy and entropy in relation to Ricci solitons
- Buscher duality transformation of warped product solit.ons.
- Summary of results and open problems on :i=ucci solitons
- Notes and commentary
- Chapter 2. Kahler-Ricci Flow and Kahler-Ricci Solitons
- Introduction to Kahler manifolds
- Connection, curvature, and covariant differentiation
- Existence of Kahler-Einstein metrics
- Introduction to the Kahler-Ricci flow
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- Survey of some results for the Kahler-Ricci flow.
- Examples of Kahler-Ricci solitons
- Kahler-Ricci flow with nonnegative bisectional curvature
- Matrix differential Harnack estimate for the Kahler-Ricci flow
- Linear and interpolated differential Harnack estimates
- Notes and commentary
- Chapter 3. The Compactness Theorem for Ricci Flow
- Introduction and statements of the compactness theorems
- Convergence at all times from convergence at one time
- · 3. Extensions of Hamilton's compactness theorem
- Notes and commentary
- Chapter 4. Proof of the Compactness Theorem
- Outline of the proof
- Approximate isometries, compactness of maps, and direct limits
- Construction of good coverings by balls
- The limit manifold (M~, g 00 )
- Center of mass and nonlinear averages
- Notes and commentary
- Notes and commentary
- Notes and commentary
- Chapter 6. Entropy and No Local Collapsing
- The entropy functional W and its monotonicity
- The functionalsμ and v
- Shrinking breathers are shrinking gradient Ricci solitons
- Logarithmic Sobolev inequality
- conjecture 5. No finite time local collapsing: A proof of Hamilton's little loop
- Logarithmic Sobolev inequality
- Improved version of no local collapsing and diameter control
- Some further calculations related to :F and W
- Notes and commentary
- Chapter 7. The Reduced Distance
- The £-length and distance for a static metric
- The £-length and the £-distance
- The first variation of £-length and existence of £-geodesics
- The gradient and time-derivative of the £-distance function
- The second variation formula for C and the Hessian of L
- Equations and inequalities satisfied by L and f ·
- The £-function on Einstein solutions and Ricci solitons
- £-Jacobi fields and the £-exponential map
- Weak solution formulation
- Notes and commentary
- Chapter 8. Applications of the Reduced Distance.
- Reduced volume of a static metric
- Reduced volume for Ricci fl.ow
- the reduced volume 3. A weakened no local collapsing theorem via the monotonicity of
- Backward limit of ancient K-solution is a shrinker
- dimensions 5. Perelman's Riemannian formalism in potentially infinite
- Notes and commentary
- Backward limit of ancient K-solution is a shrinker
- Chapter 9. Basic Topology of 3-Manifolds
- l. Essential 2-spheres and irreducible 3-manifolds
- Incompressible surfaces and the geometrization conjecture
- Decomposition theorems and the Ricci fl.ow
- Notes and commentary
- Appendix A. Basic Ricci Flow Theory
- l. Riemannian geometry
- Basic Ricci fl.ow
- Basic singularity theory for Ricci fl.ow
- More Ricci fl.ow theory and ancient solutions
- Classical singularity theory
- Appendix B. Other Aspects of Ricci Flow and Related Flows
- l. Convergence to Ricci solitons
- The mean curvature fl.ow
- The cross curvature fl.ow
- Notes and commentary
- Index
- Notes and commentary