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An ordinary differential equation arising in the Ricci flow on the plane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Jong-Shenq Guo  and
Yung-Jen Lin Guo
Jong-Shenq Guo
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chou Road, Taipei 117, Taiwan. E-mail addresses: jsguo@math.ntnu.edu.tw and yjguo@math.ntnu.edu.tw.
Yung-Jen Lin Guo
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chou Road, Taipei 117, Taiwan. E-mail addresses: jsguo@math.ntnu.edu.tw and yjguo@math.ntnu.edu.tw.
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Abstract

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We consider an ordinary differential equation arising in the study of the Ricci flow on R2. The existence and uniqueness of solutions of this equation are derived. We then study the asymptotic behaviour of these solutions at ±∞.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , January 2001 , pp. 438 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2001

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