Lectures on the Ricci Flow

by Peter Topping

Hamilton's Ricci flow has attracted considerable attention since its introduction in 1982, owing partly to its promise in addressing the Poincar conjecture and Thurston's geometrization conjecture. This book gives a concise introduction to the subject with the hindsight of Perelman's breakthroughs from 2002/2003. After describing the basic properties of, and intuition behind the Ricci flow, core elements of the theory are discussed such as consequences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521689473
• ISBN13: 9780521689472
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"