## Geometry & Topology

### Notes on Perelman's papers

#### Abstract

These are detailed notes on Perelman’s papers “The entropy formula for the Ricci flow and its geometric applications” [?] and “Ricci flow with surgery on three-manifolds” [?].

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 12, Number 5 (2008), 2587-2855.

Dates
Received: 22 February 2007
Revised: 19 September 2008
Accepted: 11 October 2008
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513800153

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2008.12.2587

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2460872

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1204.53033

#### Citation

Kleiner, Bruce; Lott, John. Notes on Perelman's papers. Geom. Topol. 12 (2008), no. 5, 2587--2855. doi:10.2140/gt.2008.12.2587. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513800153

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