Paper · Jun 22, 2022

A new complete two-dimensional shrinking gradient Kähler-Ricci soliton

Richard H. Bamler, Charles Cifarelli, Ronan J. Conlon, Alix Deruelle

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We prove the existence of a unique complete shrinking gradient Kähler-Ricci soliton with bounded scalar curvature on the blowup of at one point. This completes the classification of such solitons in two complex dimensions.

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