Precompactness of solutions to the Ricci flow in the absence of injectivity radius estimates

Geometry and Topology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 487-510

  Glickenstein, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gromov hausdor convergence; Ricci flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243148519     PISSN: 14653060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/gt.2003.7.487     Document Type: Article

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