Ricci flows and solitonic pp-waves

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 21, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 4899-4912

  Vacaru, Sergiu I ^a,b,c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FIELDS INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravitational solitons; pp waves; Ricci flows

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750047203     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0217751x06033933     Document Type: Article

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