@article{10_1090_S0894_0347_05_00486_8, author = {Colding, Tobias and Minicozzi, William, II}, title = {Estimates for the extinction time for the {Ricci} flow on certain 3-manifolds and a question of {Perelman}}, journal = {Journal of the American Mathematical Society}, pages = {561--569}, publisher = {mathdoc}, volume = {18}, number = {3}, year = {2005}, doi = {10.1090/S0894-0347-05-00486-8}, url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.1090/S0894-0347-05-00486-8/} }