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Uniqueness for Ricci flow with unbounded curvature in dimension 2

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We consider the uniqueness of Ricci flow with the initial curvature bounded from above, but not necessarily bounded from below, on a 2-dimensional complete noncompact manifold.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui Province, China

    Qing Chen & Yajun Yan

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Chen, Q., Yan, Y. Uniqueness for Ricci flow with unbounded curvature in dimension 2. Ann Glob Anal Geom 38, 293–303 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10455-010-9214-4

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