TITLE:
A Derivation of the Ricci Flow
AUTHORS:
Vu B. Ho
KEYWORDS:
Ricci Flow, Bianchi Identities, General Relativity, Classical Physics
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
Vol.9 No.9,
September
3,
2021
ABSTRACT: In this work, we show that by restricting to the subgroup of time-independent coordinate transformations, then it is possible to derive the Ricci flow from the Bianchi identities. To achieve this, we first show that the field equations of the gravitational field, the Newton’s second law of classical dynamics, and the Maxwell field equations of the electromagnetic field all share the same mathematical structure. Consequently, the Ricci flow itself may be regarded as dynamical equations used to describe physical processes associated with the gravitational field, such as the process of smoothing out irregularities of distribution of matter in space.