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Ricci flow
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English
Etymology
Named after Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro.
Noun
en differential geometry A process that deforms the metric of a Riemannian manifold in a way formally analogous to the diffusion of heat, smoothing out irregularities in the metric.
Synonyms
en Ricci-Hamilton flow
Translations
deformation of the metric
Bulgarian: bg поток на Ричи m
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