Ricci flow, Einstein metrics and space forms
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Abstract:
The main results in this paper are: (1) Ricci pinched stable Riemannian metrics can be deformed to Einstein metrics through the Ricci flow of R. Hamilton; (2) (suitably) negatively pinched Riemannian manifolds can be deformed to hyperbolic space forms through Ricci flow; and (3) ${L^2}$-pinched Riemannian manifolds can be deformed to space forms through Ricci flow.References
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- © Copyright 1993 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 338 (1993), 871-896
- MSC: Primary 58E11; Secondary 53C25, 58G11
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1993-1108615-3
- MathSciNet review: 1108615