Introduction to the Ricci Flow (MATH 711, Fall 2006)


[ Schedule of Lectures ]

Day & Time: Tuesday and Thursday 10:10am — 11:25am

Location: 230 Malott Hall

Instructor: Xiaodong Cao

Office Hours: by appointment

Office : 507 Malott hall

Phone Number: (607) 255 - 7431

Textbook: We recommend the following two books for references:

Prerequisites: Some knowledge about Riemannian Geometry, Partial Differential Equations and Topology.


Schedule of Lectures

Class Topic
Aug 24 Overview (I).
Aug 29 Overview (II).
Aug 31 Review of Riemannian geometry.
Sep 5 Variation formulas and Ricci flow equation.
Sep 7 Maximum principles.
Sep 12 Riwview of parabolic PDE.
Sep 14 Short time existence.
Sep 19 Ricci flow on surfaces (I).
Sep 21 Uniqueness of Ricci soliton.
Sep 26 Ricci flow on surface (II): r < 0.
Sep 28 Ricci flow on surface (III) : r = 0.
Oct 3 Ricci flow on surface (IV) : R > 0.
Oct 5 Ricci flow on surface (V) : R changes sign.
Oct 10 Fall Break.
Oct 12 Ricci flow on surface: convergence.
Oct 17 Ricci flow on 3-manifolds.
Oct 19 Pinching estimate.
Oct 24 No Class.
Oct 26 No Class.
Oct 31 Ricci flow on homogeous 3-manifolds (Allen Back)
Nov 2 Gradient estimate.
Nov 7 Maximal time existence.
Nov 9 Normalized Ricci flow.
Nov 14
Nov 16
Nov 21
Nov 23 Thanksgiving.
Nov 28
Nov 30
Dec 5
Dec 7
Dec 12