Paper · May 6, 2026

Topology of gradient Ricci shrinkers via weighted cohomology

Fei He

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This paper proves several topological results for smooth gradient Ricci shrinkers. We establish upper bounds for the Betti numbers, a vanishing theorem for cohomology, and a dichotomy for the number of ends. We also prove a full Hodge theorem for a large class of shrinkers. The methods are based on weighted cohomology and extend to self-shrinkers of the mean curvature flow.

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    Ricci SolitonsBook 11B · Solitons, Compactness and Singularities

    Self-similar solutions: the Gaussian, cylinders, the cigar and the Bryant soliton.

  2. 12B.2
    The Asymptotic Soliton and Three-Dimensional ShrinkersBook 12B · κ-Solutions and Surgery

    Perelman's Proposition 11.2 proved with Morgan and Tian: the reduced-length bounds on κ-solutions, the limit of rescalings, the equality case, and the classification of shrinking solitons in dimensions two and three.

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    Curve Shortening and the First Geometric FlowsBook 6A · The Heat Equation and Its Relatives

    Shrinking circles, grim reapers, neckpinches and Huisken’s monotonicity, seen in the plane.