The Gauss–Bonnet–Chern mass was defined and studied by Ge, Wang, and Wu [Adv. Math. 266, 84–119 (2014)]. In this paper, we consider the evolution of Gauss–Bonnet–Chern mass along the Ricci flow and the Yamabe flow.
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