A note on uniformization of Riemann surfaces by Ricci flow

A note on uniformization of Riemann surfaces by Ricci flow
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by Xiuxiong Chen, Peng Lu and Gang Tian PDF

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 134 (2006), 3391-3393 Request permission

We clarify that the Ricci flow can be used to give an independent proof of the uniformization theorem of Riemann surfaces.

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