Academic Report of School of Mathematical Sciences [2025] No. 114

(Series Report for High-Level University Construction No. 1216)

Title: p-th order discrete curvature flow and related topics

Speaker: Associate Professor Zhang Xiaoxiao (Beijing Materials University)

Time: 15:00-16:00, November 11, 2025 (Tuesday)

Location: Tencent Meeting ID: 718-705-433

Abstract:

Discrete curvature flows and circle packing metrics are core tools for constructing canonical metrics in discrete differential geometry. Higher order flow generalization overcomes the limitations of traditional discrete geometric flow theories. In this talk, we will present the combinatorial p-th Calabi/Ricci flow. Moreover, this talk will also introduce the applications of discrete Ricci flow in complex networks.

Speaker Profile:

Zhang Xiaoxiao is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at the School of Systems Science and Statistics, Beijing Materials University. Her work focuses on discrete geometry and graph theory, primarily including discrete curvature flows, geometric equations on graphs, and related problems. She has presided over one Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and one General Project from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education Science and Technology Plan, and has completed two industry-university-research collaboration projects. She has published over ten papers in journals such as Adv. Math., J. Geo. Anal. and Nonlinear Anal.

All faculty and students are welcome!

Host: Zhou Ze

School of Mathematical Sciences

November 6, 2025