Andrew D. McLeod

In this paper, we construct a pyramid Ricci flow starting with a complete Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g_0)$ that is PIC1, or more generally satisfies a lower curvature bound $K_{I{C}_1}\ge -{\alpha }_0$. That is, instead of constructing a flow on $M\times [0,T]$, we construct it on a subset of space-time that is a union of parabolic cylinders $B_{g_0}(x_0,k)\times [0,T_k]$ for each natural number $k$, where $T_k\downarrow 0$, and prove estimates on the curvature and Riemannian distance. More generally, we construct a pyramid Ricci flow starting with any noncollapsed $I{C}_1$-limit space, and use it to establish that such limit spaces are globally homeomorphic to smooth manifolds via homeomorphisms that are locally bi-Hölder.

We obtain an improved pseudolocality result for Ricci flows on two-dimensional surfaces that are initially almost-hyperbolic on large hyperbolic balls. We prove that, at the central point of the hyperbolic ball, the Gauss curvature remains close to the hyperbolic value for a time that grows exponentially in the radius of the ball. This two-dimensional result allows us to precisely conjecture how the phenomenon should appear in the higher dimensional setting.

We construct a global homeomorphism from any 3D Ricci limit space to a smooth manifold, that is locally bi-Holder. This extends the recent work of Miles Simon and the second author, and we build upon their techniques. A key step in our proof is the construction of local "pyramid Ricci flows", existing on uniform regions of spacetime, that are inspired by Hochard's partial Ricci flows.