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Critical behavior in Ricci flow

David Garfinkle, James Isenberg

math.DGarXiv:math/0306129

Abstract

We use numerical techniques to study the formation of singularities in Ricci flow. Comparing the Ricci flows corresponding to a one parameter family of initial geometries on S3 with varying amounts of S2 neck pinching, we find critical behavior at the threshold of singularity formation.

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