Geometric evolution equations (B02)

• Subject Area: Mathematics
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 427320536

Hamilton's Ricci flow is a (weakly parabolic) geometric evolution equation, which deforms a given Riemannian metric in its most natural direction. Over the last decades, it has been used to prove several significant conjectures in Riemannian geometry and topology (in dimension three). In this project we focus on Ricci flow in higher dimensions, in particular on heat flow methods, new Ricci flow invariant curvature conditions and the dynamical Alekseevskii conjecture.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1442: Geometry: Deformations and Rigidity
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Christoph Böhm; Professor Dr. Burkhard Wilking