Proof of the Poincaré conjecture via the Ricci flow

Gérard Besson

Séminaire Bourbaki (2004-2005)

  • Volume: 47, page 309-348
  • ISSN: 0303-1179

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We present the proof of the Poincaré conjecture, on closed simply conneted three-manifolds, proposed by G. Perel’man. It relies on the study of riemannian metrics evoluting under the Ricci flow and on previous works by R. Hamilton. After and introduction to the analytical and geometrical techniques developped by R. Hamilton, we try to describe the technique of metric surgery used by G. Perel’man to go through the singular times for which the scalar curvature goes to infinity on certain parts of the manifold. the proof of the Poincaré conjecture then relies on the proof of the finite extinction time of the flow with surgeries, under certain assumptions, for which we present a version due to T. Colding and W. Minicozzi.

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Besson, Gérard. "Preuve de la conjecture de Poincaré en déformant la métrique par la courbure de Ricci." Séminaire Bourbaki 47 (2004-2005): 309-348. <http://eudml.org/doc/252178>.

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