Existence and uniqueness theorem for Ricci flow on weighted graphs proved.
problem Existence and uniqueness of solutions to Ricci flow equations on weighted graphs.
method Continuous time normalized Ricci flow approach.
result Existence and uniqueness theorem for solutions to Ricci flow on weighted graphs.
New curvature defined via graph resistances leads to Ricci flow.
problem Defining curvature on graph edges for analysis.
method Introducing Ricci--Foster curvature based on effective resistances and studying Ricci flow.
result Existence of solutions to Ricci flow on short time intervals, preservation of nonnegative curvature.
Local existence and uniqueness of Bakry-Émery Ricci flow solutions on finite graphs.
problem Analyzing the behavior of Ricci flow on finite graphs.
method Local existence and uniqueness proof for solutions of the Bakry-Émery Ricci flow.
result Local existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Ricci flow on finite graphs.
New Ricci flow method for directed graphs with balancing factor.
problem Analyzing asymmetry in directed networks.
method Rigorous formulation of Ricci flow on directed weighted graphs with balancing factor.
result Existence and uniqueness of discrete Ricci flow solutions.
Graph Ricci flow reveals hidden hierarchies in stock market correlations.
problem Detecting hidden structures in the complex stock market graph.
method Using graph Ricci curvature and flow techniques to analyze the NASDAQ 100 index.
result Algorithm detects hidden hierarchies, community behavior, and clustering in financial markets.
The Ollivier Ricci flow with prescribed curvature on infinite graphs.
problem Ricci flow with prescribed curvature on infinite graphs.
method Existence and uniqueness of the solution to the Ricci flow.
result Convergence of the Ricci flow for graphs with girth at least 6.
We present a notion of super Ricci flow for time-dependent finite weighted graphs. A challenging feature is that these flows typically encounter singularities where the underlying graph structure changes. Our notion is robust enough to allow the flow to continue past these singularities. As a crucial tool for this purp…
The paper introduces a new type of Ricci flow on graphs to study their curvature.
problem Understanding the curvature of graphs and their convergence properties.
method Proposes a weighted Forman and Lin-Lu-Yau Ricci flow on graphs and proves the existence and uniqueness of solutions.
result The normalized curvature flow on trees converges to a constant curvature metric.
The study characterizes heat flow and concentration on directed graphs with a lower Ricci curvature bound.
problem Understanding heat flow and concentration on directed graphs with a specific curvature bound.
method Characterization via gradient estimate and transportation inequality for the heat semigroup.
result Concentration of measure inequality for directed graphs with positive Ricci curvature.
Unified piecewise-linear Ricci flows improve community detection.
problem Improving community detection in graph neural networks.
method Proposed piecewise-linear Ricci curvature flows with surgeries.
result Flow consistently outperforms baseline models on real-world datasets.
The paper studies Ricci flow on graphs with prescribed curvature.
problem Characterizing weight evolution on graphs with prescribed curvature.
method Ricci flow with Lin-Lu-Yau curvature prescription.
result Ricci flow converges to weights of prescribed curvature under certain conditions.
Ricci-Filtration enhances retrieval-augmented generation rerankers for query-answer tasks by using discrete Ricci flow on graphs.
problem Improving retrieval-augmented generation rerankers for query-answer tasks.
method Discrete Ricci flow on graphs to evaluate structural importance of chunks.
result Ricci-Filtration outperforms baseline methods in accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 scores.
Neural networks' feature geometry evolves like discrete Ricci flow.
problem Understanding neural feature representations and their geometric transformations.
method Approximating input manifold with geometric graphs and analyzing their evolution during training.
result Neural feature geometry evolves like discrete Ricci flow, with nonlinear activations playing a crucial role.
We discuss in rather general terms quantum field theories dealing with spaces of maps between Riemannian manifolds. In particular we explore the well--known connection between the renormalization group flow for non--linear sigma models and the Ricci flow.
Graphs can be smoothed or squashed too, study finds.
problem Graph Neural Networks struggle with over-smoothing and over-squashing issues.
method Unified framework using Ollivier-Ricci curvature to address both issues.
result Over-smoothing and over-squashing linked to positive and negative graph curvature respectively.
Study reveals decurve flows in graph propagation models.
problem Limitations of traditional graph analysis and propagation mechanisms.
method Introduces Generalized Propagation Neural Networks (GPNNs) and Continuous Unified Ricci Curvature (CURC).
result Observation of decurve flow during training of graph neural networks, revealing propagation dynamics.
This is a technical paper, which is a continuation of math.DG/0211159. Here we construct Ricci flow with surgeries and verify most of the assertions, made in section 13 of that e-print; the exceptions are (1) the statement that manifolds that can collapse with local lower bound on sectional curvature are graph manifold…
Geometric sampling of networks using curvature measures.
problem Sampling and analyzing complex network structures.
method Three types of discrete curvature (Forman-, full Forman-, Haantjes-Ricci) for edge-based and node-based sampling.
result Effective detection of networks' backbone and coarse structure.
The paper introduces curvature-based clustering algorithms for graph analysis.
problem Identifying densely connected substructures in graphs for community detection.
method Discrete Ricci curvatures and geometric flows to reveal community structure.
result The curvature-based approach can identify overlapping communities in graphs.
We show the existence of a global unique and analytic solution for the mean curvature flow, the surface diffusion flow and the Willmore flow of entire graphs for Lipschitz initial data with small Lipschitz norm. We also show the existence of a global unique and analytic solution to the Ricci-DeTurck flow on euclidean s…
Study ancient Ricci flows with nonnegative Ricci curvature and their asymptotic geometry.
problem Understanding the asymptotic geometry of ancient Ricci flows with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Analyze tangent flows at infinity and use estimates for noncollapsed F-limit metric solitons.
result Two dichotomy theorems for ancient Ricci flows: either the asymptotic volume ratio is zero or every tangent flow is a Ricci flat cone.
Study stability and instability of Ricci-flat metrics under generalized Ricci flow.
problem Stability and instability of Ricci-flat metrics under Ricci flow.
method Analysis of generalized Ricci flow for Ricci-flat metrics and vanishing 3-forms.
result Dynamical stability and instability results for Ricci-flat metrics and vanishing 3-forms.
Smooth 3D flows from non-smooth starting points.
problem Creating smooth Ricci flows from non-smooth initial conditions.
method Generalized singular Ricci flow applied to 3D complete manifolds.
result Existence of smooth Ricci flows starting from non-smooth initial conditions.
Paper introduces ∗−Ricci flow and its properties.
problem Exploring geometric curvature tensors under ∗−Ricci flow. method Introducing ∗−Ricci flow and analyzing its properties. result Found deformation of geometric curvature tensors under ∗−Ricci flow. The paper examines how parabolic frequency behaves under Ricci flow and Ricci-harmonic flow on manifolds.
problem Understanding the behavior of parabolic frequency under Ricci flow and Ricci-harmonic flow.
method Investigates the monotonicity of parabolic frequency for solutions of linear and heat equations with bounded curvatures.
result Establishes monotonicity results for parabolic frequency under specific curvature conditions.
The paper examines conditions for Ricci solitons to be Ricci flat or Einstein.
problem Conditions for Ricci solitons to be Ricci flat or Einstein.
method Study of evolution equations of scalar and Ricci curvatures under Ricci flow.
result Conditions for Ricci solitons to be Ricci flat or Einstein.
We introduce a flow of Kähler structures over Fano manifolds with formal limit at infinite time a Kähler-Ricci soliton. This flow correspond to a Perelman's modified backward Kähler-Ricci type flow that we call Soliton-Kähler-Ricci flow. It can be generated by the Soliton-Ricci flow. We assume that the Soliton-Ricci fl…
We investigate the mean curvature flows in a class of warped product manifolds with closed hypersurfaces fibering over R. In particular, we prove that under natural conditions on the warping function and Ricci curvature bound for the ambient space, there exists a large class of closed initial hypersurfaces, …
We consider four extended Ricci flow systems---that is, Ricci flow coupled with other geometric flows---and prove dynamical stability of certain classes of stationary solutions of these flows. The systems include Ricci flow coupled with harmonic map flow (studied abstractly and in the context of Ricci flow on warped pr…
Study Ricci flow on torus bundles and related manifolds.
problem Compute Ricci flow formulas for torus bundles.
method Use invariant metrics compatible with connections on principal G-bundles.
result Solutions to Ricci flows on Heisenberg groups and Berger 3-spheres.
In this paper, we study the singularities of two extended Ricci flow systems --- connection Ricci flow and Ricci harmonic flow using newly-defined curvature quantities. Specifically, we give the definition of three types of singularities and their corresponding singularity models, and then prove the convergence. In add…
Survey on new Ricci flow techniques.
problem None explicitly stated.
method None explicitly stated.
result None explicitly stated.
The paper examines Ricci flows with closed and smooth tangent flows, proving uniqueness and characterizing ancient flows.
problem Characterizing and understanding Ricci flows with closed and smooth tangent flows.
method Analyzing ancient and finite-time singularity Ricci flows to prove uniqueness and characterizations.
result The tangent flow is unique and characterizes ancient and finite-time singularity flows.
We introduce singular Ricci flows, which are Ricci flow spacetimes subject to certain asymptotic conditions. We consider the behavior of Ricci flow with surgery starting from a fixed initial compact Riemannian 3-manifold, as the surgery parameter varies. We prove that the flow with surgery subconverges to a singular Ri…
In this paper we study nonparametric mean curvature type flows in M×R which are represented as graphs (x,u(x,t)) over a domain in a Riemannian manifold M with prescribed contact angle. The speed of u is the mean curvature speed minus an admissible function ψ(x,u,Du). Long time existence and unif…
The paper studies circle packings on surfaces with boundary and their total geodesic curvatures.
problem Existence and rigidity of circle packings with conical singularities.
method Variational principle and combinatorial Ricci flow.
result Existence and rigidity of circle packings with prescribed total geodesic curvature.
We prove the mean curvature flow of a spacelike graph in (Σ1×Σ2,g1−g2) of a map f:Σ1→Σ2 from a closed Riemannian manifold (Σ1,g1) with Ricci1>0 to a complete Riemannian manifold (Σ2,g2) with bounded curvature tensor and derivatives, and with sectional curvatures satisfying K2≤K1,…
Proves uniqueness of Ricci flow with scaling invariant estimates.
problem Proving uniqueness of Ricci flow with scaling invariant curvature bound.
method Solving Ricci-harmonic map heat flow in unbounded curvature background.
result Complete Ricci flow starting from uniformly non-collapsed, non-negatively curved manifold is unique in dimension three.
New Ricci flows found with Einstein orbifolds at infinity.
problem Ancient and immortal Ricci flows with Einstein orbifolds at infinity.
method Continuous families of non-isometric ancient Ricci flows and half-PIC ancient flows constructed.
result Found continuous families of non-isometric ancient Ricci flows and half-PIC ancient flows on specific manifolds.
New flow preserves almost Hermitian metrics for manifold study.
problem Curvature flow for almost Hermitian manifolds.
method Introducing a new curvature flow matching Ricci flow and preserving almost Hermitian condition.
result Ricci flow can be used to study almost Hermitian manifolds.
Study geometric bounds on generalized Ricci flow.
problem No specific problem stated; focuses on bounds.
method Analogous geometric quantities and bounds proven.
result Geometric and analytic bounds established.
The paper studies mean curvature flow in a Ricci flow background with extended Ricci flow.
problem Analyzing mean curvature flow in a Ricci flow background.
method Computing variational properties and deriving evolution equations for mean curvature and second fundamental form.
result Established a Huisken's monotonicity-type formula for mean curvature solitons in an extended Ricci flow.
Survey on Chern-Ricci flow for complex manifolds.
problem Understanding and solving open problems in Chern-Ricci flow.
method Parabolic flow of Hermitian metrics on complex manifolds.
result Open problems and new directions in Chern-Ricci flow highlighted.
New energy functional bounds Ricci flows on ancient spaces.
problem Bounding Ricci flows on ancient spaces.
method Introducing a dynamical energy functional on compact ancient asymptotically Ricci-flat Ricci flows.
result Provides an upper bound for the ordinary λ-functional.
We characterize the conjugate linearized Ricci flow and the associated backward heat kernel on closed three--manifolds of bounded geometry. We discuss their properties, and introduce the notion of Ricci flow conjugated constraint sets which characterizes a way of Ricci flow averaging metric dependent geometrical data. …
Study weak super Ricci flow through neckpinch in metric measure spaces.
problem Understanding Ricci flow behavior at singularities.
method Introduce weak super Ricci flow and show conditions for continuation.
result Weak super Ricci flow properties at singularities.
Investigates stability of piecewise flat Ricci flow using analysis and simulations.
problem Stability of piecewise flat Ricci flow.
method Linear stability analysis and numerical simulations.
result Adaptations avoided numerical instability and led to convergence to smooth solutions.
The (α,β)-Ricci-Yamabe flow exists on closed manifolds.
problem Existence of solutions to the (α,β)-Ricci-Yamabe flow. method Showed short time existence and established long time existence theorems.
result Existence of smooth solutions to the (α,β)-Ricci-Yamabe flow on closed manifolds.