Study infinite combinatorial Ricci flow on spherical surfaces.
problem Investigate infinite combinatorial Ricci flow with spherical background.
method Establish existence and convergence of solution for infinite cellular decompositions.
result Existence and convergence of solution for infinite combinatorial Ricci flow in spherical geometry.
Paper introduces combinatorial Ricci flows on infinite disk triangulations.
problem Discrete Ricci flows on infinite triangulations of the open disk.
method Combinatorial Ricci flows (CRFs) in Euclidean and hyperbolic geometries.
result Existence and uniqueness of CRFs, convergence results, uniformization theorem.
Paper solves long-standing problem of infinite ideal polyhedra in hyperbolic space.
problem Characterize infinite ideal polyhedra in hyperbolic 3-space.
method Introduced combinatorial Ricci flow for infinite ideal circle patterns.
result Proved characterization of infinite ideal circle patterns under specific conditions.
Combinatorial Ricci flow finds hyperbolic metrics on 3-manifolds.
problem Finding complete hyperbolic metrics on cusped 3-manifolds.
method Analogue of surface and compact 3-manifold flows, minimizing co-volume, extending through singularities.
result Existence of complete hyperbolic metric is equivalent to flow convergence.
Paper proves Luo's conjecture for 3D triangulated manifolds.
problem Finding hyperbolic metrics on compact 3-manifolds with boundary.
method Introduced and extended combinatorial Ricci flow to handle singularities.
result Proved Luo's conjecture affirmatively for ideal triangulations.
The paper introduces combinatorial curvature and flow for polyhedral surfaces, proving rigidity and solving the Yamabe problem.
problem Discrete conformal structures on polyhedral surfaces and their rigidity.
method Parameterized combinatorial curvature, combinatorial α-Ricci flow, and flow extension through singularities.
result Existence and convergence of combinatorial α-Ricci flow for solving the Yamabe problem.
The paper studies deformation of discrete conformal structures on surfaces using combinatorial curvature flows.
problem Finding piecewise constant curvature metrics on surfaces with prescribed combinatorial curvatures.
method Combinatorial curvature flows, including Ricci flow and Calabi flow, are applied to deform Glickenstein's discrete conformal structures.
result The solution of the combinatorial Ricci flow can be uniquely extended and converges exponentially fast for any initial value under certain conditions.
The paper applies combinatorial Ricci flows to prove hyperbolic structures on 3-manifolds.
problem Proving the existence of hyperbolic structures on 3-manifolds with cusps.
method Combinatorial Ricci curvature flow methods to study pseudo 3-manifolds and ideal triangulations.
result The extended Ricci flow converges to a decorated hyperbolic polyhedral metric if and only if there exists a zero Ricci curvature metric.
We investigate the combinatorial Ricci flow on a surface of nonpositive Euler characteristic when the necessary and sufficient condition for the convergence of the combinatorial Ricci flow is not valid. This observation addresses one of questions raised by B. Chow and F. Luo.
The paper establishes a discrete uniformization theorem for surfaces with piecewise hyperbolic metrics.
problem Finding decorated piecewise hyperbolic metrics with prescribed combinatorial curvature.
method Introduced combinatorial α-Ricci flow with surgery to handle potential singularities and prove longtime existence and convergence.
result Existence of decorated piecewise hyperbolic metrics with prescribed combinatorial α-curvature.
The paper studies the combinatorial p-th Calabi flow for finite and infinite circle patterns.
problem Establishing convergence and long-time existence of the combinatorial p-th Calabi flow.
method Combinatorial p-th Calabi flow for finite and infinite ideal circle patterns.
result Sharp criterion for convergence in finite case and long-time existence in infinite case for p≥2. In this paper, we introduce a new combinatorial curvature on triangulated surfaces with inversive distance circle packing metrics. Then we prove that this combinatorial curvature has global rigidity. To study the Yamabe problem of the new curvature, we introduce a combinatorial Ricci flow, along which the curvature evo…
We investigate the properties of the combinatorial Ricci flow for surfaces, both forward and backward -- existence, uniqueness and singularities formation. We show that the positive results that exist for the smooth Ricci flow also hold for the combinatorial one and that, moreover, the same results hold for a more gene…
This paper uses combinatorial Ricci flow to tackle Thurston's triangulation conjecture.
problem Thurston's triangulation conjecture for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Combinatorial Ricci flow approach to prove convergence and geometric decompositions.
result Combinatorial Ricci flow converges if and only if the triangulation is geometric.
We show that the analog of Hamilton's Ricci flow in the combinatorial setting produces solutions which converge exponentially fast to Thurston's circle packing on surfaces. As a consequence, a new proof of Thurston's existence of circle packing theorem is obtained. As another consequence, Ricci flow suggests a new algo…
The paper proves a combinatorial Ricci flow converges to hyperbolic structures on certain 3-manifolds.
problem Proving convergence of combinatorial Ricci flow to hyperbolic structures.
method Combinatorial Ricci flow on closed pseudo 3-manifolds with specific edge valences.
result Existence and uniqueness of a complete hyperbolic metric with totally geodesic boundary.
Study combinatorial Yamabe flow on infinite triangulated surfaces.
problem Solve discrete Yamabe problem on noncompact surfaces.
method Introduced and analyzed combinatorial Yamabe flow with short-time and long-time existence proofs.
result Established short-time and long-time existence of the flow, and proved convergence in hexagonal triangulations.
For triangulated surfaces, we introduce the combinatorial Calabi flow which is an analogue of smooth Calabi flow. We prove that the solution of combinatorial Calabi flow exists for all time. Moreover, the solution converges if and only if Thurston's circle packing exists. As a consequence, combinatorial Calabi flow pro…
Noncompact Ricci-flat solutions have infinite unstable dimensions.
problem Understanding unstable dimensions of noncompact Ricci-flat solutions.
method Derived sufficient conditions for infinite-dimensional unstable manifolds.
result Noncompact Ricci-flat solutions have uncountably many unstable perturbations.
Enhances understanding of Kähler-Ricci flow singularities.
problem Understanding singularities in Kähler-Ricci flow.
method Relates to classic Kähler-Ricci flow and degenerate complex Monge-Ampère equation.
result Improves understanding of finite and infinite time singularities.
New discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundary, proving global rigidity and constructing hyperbolic metrics.
problem Creating new discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundary.
method Introducing new discrete conformal structures, proving global rigidity using variational principles, and introducing combinatorial curvature flows.
result Global rigidity of new discrete conformal structures and effective algorithms for constructing hyperbolic metrics.
Proves unique hyperbolic metric for 3-manifolds with ideal triangulation.
problem Proving a unique hyperbolic metric for 3-manifolds with specific triangulations.
method Combining combinatorial Ricci flow with ideal triangulation for pseudo 3-manifolds.
result Extended Ricci flow converges to the hyperbolic metric exponentially fast.
Study on deforming discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundaries.
problem Deforming discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundaries.
method Introduce combinatorial Ricci flow and combinatorial Calabi flow, establish longtime existence and global convergence of solutions.
result Effective algorithms for finding discrete hyperbolic metrics on surfaces with totally geodesic boundaries of prescribed lengths.
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.
Fractional combinatorial flow improves surface conformal structures.
problem Improving discrete conformal structures on surfaces.
method Introducing a fractional combinatorial Calabi flow for discrete conformal structures on surfaces.
result Longtime existence and global convergence of the fractional combinatorial Calabi flow for various surface types.
The paper extends circle pattern flows to hyperbolic and Euclidean geometry.
problem Extending circle pattern flows to hyperbolic and Euclidean geometry.
method Proving the existence and exponential convergence of combinatorial Calabi flows for ideal circle patterns.
result The solution to combinatorial Calabi flows converges exponentially fast to a flat cone metric.
The paper finds hyperbolic metrics on surfaces with boundary using combinatorial curvature flows.
problem Finding hyperbolic metrics on surfaces with totally geodesic boundaries of prescribed lengths.
method Introducing combinatorial Ricci flow and combinatorial Calabi flow for generalized circle packings.
result Proves longtime existence and global convergence of combinatorial curvature flows.
The study preserves Ricci curvature positivity on homogeneous spaces under the normalized Ricci flow.
problem Preserving Ricci curvature positivity on homogeneous spaces under the normalized Ricci flow.
method Investigation of infinitely many generalized Wallach spaces (GWS) where Ricci curvature positivity is preserved.
result Infinite number of GWS where Ricci curvature positivity is preserved under the normalized Ricci flow.
For the Kähler-Ricci flow on a compact Kähler manifold with semi-ample canonical line bundle, we prove the singularity type at infinity does not depend on the choice of the initial metric. We also provide new simple proofs for some existing classification results on infinite-time singularity type of the Kähler-Ricci fl…
Paper solves degenerated circle pattern metric problem in spherical geometry.
problem Existence and rigidity of (degenerated) circle pattern metrics with prescribed total geodesic curvatures.
method Defined prescribed combinatorial Ricci flows and studied their convergence.
result First degenerated result for total geodesic curvatures in spherical background geometry.
The paper studies rigid sphere packings on 3D manifolds with boundary.
problem Investigating rigid sphere packings on 3D manifolds with boundary.
method Introducing generalized sphere packings, proving rigidity, introducing combinatorial curvature flows.
result Generalized sphere packing metrics are determined by combinatorial scalar curvature.
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…
In this paper, we introduce two discrete curvature flows, which are called α-flows on two and three dimensional triangulated manifolds. For triangulated surface M, we introduce a new normalization of combinatorial Ricci flow (first introduced by Bennett Chow and Feng Luo \cite{CL1}), aiming at evolving α order di…
Paper resolves spherical curvature flow problem.
problem Existence of ideal circle patterns in spherical background geometry.
method Introduces a combinatorial geodesic curvature flow in spherical background geometry.
result Characterizes sufficient and necessary conditions for flow convergence.
Proves existence of circle patterns on surfaces with cusps.
problem Existence of circle patterns with prescribed angles on surfaces with cusps.
method Introduced combinatorial Ricci and Calabi flows to prove longtime existence and convergence.
result Existence of generalized circle patterns with prescribed angles on surfaces with cusps.
On a compact Kähler manifold with semi-ample canonical line bundle and Kodaira dimension one, we observe a relation between the infinite-time singularity type of the Kähler-Ricci flow and the characteristic indexes of singular fibers of the semi-ample fibration.
Paper shows Ricci flow with surgery converging to Taub-NUT metric.
problem Existence of Ricci flow with surgery and topology change.
method Ricci flow with surgery and local topology change.
result Flow converges to Taub-NUT metric on \mathbb{R}^4.
In this paper, we study the global Kähler-Ricci flow on a complete non-compact Kähler manifold. We prove the following result. Assume that (M,g0) is a complete non-compact Kähler manifold such that there is a potential function f of the Ricci tensor, i.e., Rijˉ(g0)=fijˉ. Assume that the quan…
We consider the general Kähler-Ricci flows which exist for all time. The zeroth order control on the flow metric potential for various infinite time singularities is the focus. The possible semi-amplness for numerically effective classes serves as the main motivation.
We introduce a flow of Riemannian metrics over compact manifolds with formal limit at infinite time a shrinking Ricci soliton. We call this flow the Soliton-Ricci flow. It correspond to a Perelman's modified backward Ricci type flow with some special restriction conditions. The restriction conditions are motivated by c…
Ricci flow converges to Taub-NUT metric under specific conditions.
problem Analyzing convergence of Ricci flow solutions to Taub-NUT metric.
method Study of Ricci flow starting from a specific metric on R4. result Ricci flow converges to Taub-NUT metric in infinite time under certain conditions.
Study extends convergence results to noncompact Ricci flows.
problem Convergence of noncompact nonsingular solutions of the Ricci flow.
method Extends convergence results from compact to noncompact cases.
result Blow up limit of finite time singularity is a gradient shrinking soliton.
Paper studies degenerated circle packings in hyperbolic geometry and finds conditions for their existence.
problem Whether a prescribed total geodesic curvature can be realized by a degenerated circle packing.
method Introduced combinatorial Ricci flow to find the desired degenerated circle packed surface, analogous to Chow-Luo and Takatsu methods.
result Fully characterized sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of degenerated circle packings and showed their uniqueness.
This is the first of a series of papers, where we introduce a new class of estimates for the Ricci flow, and use them both to characterize solutions of the Ricci flow and to provide a notion of weak solutions to the Ricci flow in the nonsmooth setting. In this first paper, we prove various new estimates for the Ricci f…
In this paper, we generalize our results in \cite{GX3} to triangulated surfaces in hyperbolic background geometry, which means that all triangles can be embedded in the standard hyperbolic space. We introduce a new discrete Gaussian curvature by dividing the classical discrete Gauss curvature by an area element, which …
The article confirms Thurston's conjecture for a specific class of 3-manifolds using combinatorial Ricci flow.
problem Thurston's triangulation conjecture for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Combinatorial Ricci flow (CRF) with specific conditions and techniques to handle intrinsic difficulties.
result A class of 3-manifolds admits a unique complete hyperbolic metric with totally geodesic boundary.
We investigate the Chern-Ricci flow, an evolution equation of Hermitian metrics, on Inoue surfaces. These are non-Kahler compact complex surfaces of type Class VII. We show that, after an initial conformal change, the flow always collapses the Inoue surface to a circle at infinite time, in the sense of Gromov-Hausdorff…
Consider the Kahler-Ricci flow with finite time singularities over any closed Kahler manifold. We prove the existence of the flow limit in the sense of current towards the time of singularity. This answers affirmatively a problem raised by Tian on the uniqueness of the weak limit from sequential convergence constructio…