Convergence of Ricci flow on $\mathbb{R}^2$ to flat space

James Isenberg, Mohammad Javaheri

Published 2009-08-16Version 1

We prove that, starting at an initial metric $g(0)=e^{2u_0}(dx^2+dy^2)$ on $\mathbb{R}^2$ with bounded scalar curvature and bounded $u_0$, the Ricci flow $\partial_t g(t)=-R_{g(t)}g(t)$ converges to a flat metric on $\mathbb{R}^2$.