{ "id": "1310.2900", "version": "v2", "published": "2013-10-10T17:50:28.000Z", "updated": "2014-02-07T14:47:12.000Z", "title": "Noncommutative Ricci flow in a matrix geometry", "authors": [ "Rocco Duvenhage" ], "comment": "v1: 16 pages. v2: Some remarks added as suggested by the referees, 18 pages", "journal": "J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 47 (2014) 045203", "doi": "10.1088/1751-8113/47/4/045203", "categories": [ "math-ph", "hep-th", "math.MP", "quant-ph" ], "abstract": "We study noncommutative Ricci flow in a finite dimensional representation of a noncommutative torus. It is shown that the flow exists and converges to the flat metric. We also consider the evolution of entropy and a definition of scalar curvature in terms of the Ricci flow.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2014-02-07T14:47:12.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "02.40.Gh" ], "keywords": [ "matrix geometry", "study noncommutative ricci flow", "finite dimensional representation", "scalar curvature", "flat metric" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "journal": "Journal of Physics A Mathematical General", "year": 2014, "month": "Jan", "volume": 47, "number": 4, "pages": "045203" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 16, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 1258014, "adsabs": "2014JPhA...47d5203D" } } }