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Front. Math. China    2016, Vol. 11 Issue (5) : 1313-1334    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11464-016-0579-y
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Long time existence of Ricci-harmonic flow
Yi LI()
Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Abstract

We give a survey about recent results on Ricci-harmonic flow.

Keywords Ricci-harmonic flow (RHF)      curvature pinching estimates      bounded scalar curvature     
Issue Date: 23 September 2016
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Yi LI. Long time existence of Ricci-harmonic flow[J]. Front. Math. China, 2016, 11(5): 1313-1334.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fmc/EN/Y2016/V11/I5/1313
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