Estimates for the extinction time for the ricci flow on certain 3-manifolds and a question of perelman

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 561-569

  Colding, Tobias H ^a   Minicozzi II, William P ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 manifolds; Finite extinction; Min max surfaces; Ricci flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544466996     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-05-00486-8     Document Type: Article

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