In this paper, we prove a theorem on convergence of Kähler-Ricci flow on a compact Kähler manifold M which admits a Kähler-Ricci soliton. A Kähler metric h is called a Kähler-Ricci soliton if its Kähler form ωh satisfies equation Ric(ωh)− ωh = LXωh, where Ric(ωh) is the Ricci form of h and LXωh denotes the Lie derivative of ωh along a holomorphic vector field X on M . As usual, we denote a Kähl...

Conformal geometry is at the core of pure mathematics. Conformal structure is more flexible than Riemaniann metric but more rigid than topology. Conformal geometric methods have played important roles in engineering fields. This work introduces a theoretically rigorous and practically efficient method for computing Riemannian metrics with prescribed Gaussian curvatures on discrete surfaces—disc...

A theory of gravitation is proposed, modeled after the notion of a Ricci flow. In addition to the metric an independent volume enters as a fundamental geometric structure. Einstein gravity is included as a limiting case. Despite being a scalar-tensor theory the coupling to matter is different from Jordan-Brans-Dicke gravity. In particular there is no adjustable coupling constant. For the solar ...

We give a global picture of the Ricci flow on the space of three-dimensional, unimodular, nonabelian metric Lie algebras considered up to isometry and scaling. The Ricci flow is viewed as a two-dimensional dynamical system for the evolution of structure constants of the metric Lie algebra with respect to an evolving orthonormal frame. This system is amenable to direct phase plane analysis, and ...

We construct a 2-parameter family FZ of Riemannian metrics on the twistor space Z of a positive quaternion Kähler manifold M satisfying the following properties : (1) the family FZ contains an Einstein metric gZ and its scalings, (2) the family FZ is closed under the operation of making the convex sums, (3) the Ricci map g 7→ Ric(g) defines a dynamical system on the family FZ, (4) the Ricci flo...

The Ricci flow ∂g/∂t = −2Ric(g) is an evolution equation for Riemannian metrics. It was introduced by Richard Hamilton, who has shown in several cases ([7], [8], [9]) that the flow converges, up to re-scaling, to a metric of constant curvature. However, “soliton” solutions to the flow give examples where the Ricci flow does not uniformize the metric, but only changes it by diffeomorphisms. Soli...

We present new non-Ricci-flat Kähler metrics with U(N) and O(N) isometries as target manifolds of conformally invariant sigma models with an anomalous dimension. They are so-called Ricci solitons, special solutions to a Ricci-flow equation. These metrics explicitly contain the anomalous dimension and reduce to Ricci-flat Kähler metrics on the canonical line bundles over certain coset spaces in ...

Ricci flow deforms the Riemannian metric proportionally to the curvature, such that the curvature evolves according to a heat diffusion process and eventually becomes constant everywhere. Ricci flow has demonstrated its great potential by solving various problems in many fields, which can be hardly handled by alternative methods so far. This work introduces the unified theoretic framework for d...

A solution to the normalized Ricci flow is called non-singular if it exists for all time with uniformly bounded sectional curvature. By using the techniques developed by the present authors [14, 26], we study the existence or non-existence of non-singular solutions of the normalized Ricci flow on 4−manifolds with non-trivial fundamental group and the relation with the smooth structures. For exa...