Paper · Jun 23, 2020

Four-dimensional complete gradient shrinking Ricci solitons

Huai-Dong Cao, Ernani Ribeiro, Detang Zhou

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Abstract

In this article, we study four-dimensional complete gradient shrinking Ricci solitons. We prove that a four-dimensional complete gradient shrinking Ricci soliton satisfying a pointwise condition involving either the self-dual or anti-self-dual part of the Weyl tensor is either Einstein, or a finite quotient of either the Gaussian shrinking soliton or , or In addition, we provide some curvature estimates for four-dimensional complete gradient Ricci solitons assuming that its scalar curvature is suitable bounded by the potential function.

Submitted
Jun 23, 2020
Last revised
Apr 3, 2021 (v2)
Subjects
math.DG
Journal
J. Reine Angew. Math. 778 (2021), 127-144

Comments: Final Version. To appear in Crelle's Journal (Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik)

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