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On Bach-flat gradient shrinking Ricci solitons

Differential Geometry 2024-03-12 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this paper, we classify n-dimensional (n>3) complete Bach-flat gradient shrinking Ricci solitons. More precisely, we prove that any 4-dimensional Bach-flat gradient shrinking Ricci soliton is either Einstein, or locally conformally flat hence a finite quotient of the Gaussian shrinking soliton R4R^4 or the round cylinder S3×RS^3\times R. More generally, for n>4, a Bach-flat gradient shrinking Ricci soliton is either Einstein, or a finite quotient of the Gaussian shrinking soliton RnR^n or the product Nn1×RN^{n-1}\times R, where Nn1N^{n-1} is Einstein.

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@article{arxiv.1105.3163,
  title  = {On Bach-flat gradient shrinking Ricci solitons},
  author = {Huai-Dong Cao and Qiang Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.3163},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Revised version, to appear in Duke Math Journal

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