Geometry of ricci solitons

Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-142

  Cao, Huai Dong ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian density; Ricci soliton; Singularity of Ricci flow; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747879743     PISSN: 02529599     EISSN: 18606261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11401-005-0379-2     Document Type: Article

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