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Timeline for Intuition behind the ricci flow

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Apr 12, 2014 at 2:53 comment added Chih-Wei Chen The 2-dimensional case is special for the Ricci flow. For $n\geq 3$, we shall have neck-pinch on the thin parts. To have a correct picture in mind is necessary, otherwise we will be confused that "why cigar cannot occur on $(S^2,g(t))$ while Bryant soliton do occur on $(S^3,g(t))$."
Nov 19, 2013 at 16:05 comment added Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir I was about to post the same thing, I think this is very illustrative.
Sep 25, 2013 at 12:38 vote accept Oliver Straser
Sep 25, 2013 at 11:43 history answered Joseph O'Rourke CC BY-SA 3.0