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On the classification of four-dimensional gradient Ricci solitons

Differential Geometry 2019-04-12 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we prove some classification results for four-dimensional gradient Ricci solitons. For a four-dimensional gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with div4Rm±=0div^4Rm^\pm=0, we show that it is either Einstein or a finite quotient of R4\mathbb{R}^4, S2×R2\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{R}^2 or S3×R\mathbb{S}^3\times\mathbb{R}. The same result can be obtained under the condition of div4W±=0div^4W^\pm=0. We also present some classification results of four-dimensional complete non-compact gradient expanding Ricci soliton with non-negative Ricci curvature and gradient steady Ricci solitons under certain curvature conditions.

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@article{arxiv.1707.04846,
  title  = {On the classification of four-dimensional gradient Ricci solitons},
  author = {Fei Yang and Liangdi Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.04846},
  year   = {2019}
}

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