Paper · Jul 6, 2022

3D flying wings for any asymptotic cones

Yi Lai

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For every , we construct a 3D steady gradient Ricci soliton whose asymptotic cone is a sector with angle , which is a called 3D flying wing.

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    Topics 3-manifolds, Ricci solitons · Same author Yi Lai · Shared terms “flying wing”, “steady gradient”, “gradient Ricci”

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    Topics Ricci solitons · Same author Yi Lai · Shared terms “flying wing”, “steady gradient”, “gradient Ricci”

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