KAWA lecture notes on the Kähler–Ricci flow

Valentino Tosatti

doi:10.5802/afst.1571

Valentino Tosatti ¹

¹ Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, 2033 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

Annales de la Faculté des sciences de Toulouse : Mathématiques, Serie 6, Volume 27 (2018) no. 2, pp. 285-376.

Abstract
Abstract

These lecture notes provide an introduction to the study of the Kähler–Ricci flow on compact Kähler manifolds, and a detailed exposition of some recent developments.

Ces notes de cours fournissent une introduction à l’étude du flot de Kähler–Ricci sur une variété kählérienne compacte, et un exposé détaillé de certains développements récents.

Published online: 2018-06-17

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Valentino Tosatti ¹

¹ Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, 2033 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

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Valentino Tosatti. KAWA lecture notes on the Kähler–Ricci flow. Annales de la Faculté des sciences de Toulouse : Mathématiques, Serie 6, Volume 27 (2018) no. 2, pp. 285-376. doi : 10.5802/afst.1571. https://afst.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/afst.1571/

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