Abstract
Consider a sequence of pointed n-dimensional complete Riemannian manifolds {(Mi, gi(t), Oi)} such that t ∈ [0, T] are solutions to the Ricci flow and gi(t) have uniformly bounded curvatures and derivatives of curvatures. Richard Hamilton showed that if the initial injectivity radii are uniformly bounded below then there is a subsequence which converges to an n-dimensional solution to the Ricci flow. We prove a generalization of this theorem where the initial metrics may collapse. Without injectivity radius bounds we must allow for convergence in the Gromov-Hausdor sense to a space which is not a manifold but only a metric space. We then look at the local geometry of the limit to understand how it relates to the Ricci flow.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 487-510 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Geometry and Topology |
Volume | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Gromov-hausdor convergence
- Ricci flow
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geometry and Topology