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Rigidity of four-dimensional Gradient shrinking Ricci solitons

Differential Geometry 2021-06-24 v2

Abstract

Let (M,g,f)(M, g, f) be a 44-dimensional complete noncompact gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with the equation Ric+2f=λgRic+\nabla^2f=\lambda g, where λ\lambda is a positive real number. We prove that if MM has constant scalar curvature S=2λS=2\lambda, it must be a quotient of S2×R2\mathbb{S}^2\times \mathbb{R}^2. Together with the known results, this implies that a 44-dimensional complete gradient shrinking Ricci soliton has constant scalar curvature if and only if it is rigid, that is, it is either Einstein, or a finite quotient of Gaussian shrinking soliton R4\Bbb{R}^4, S2×R2\Bbb{S}^{2}\times\Bbb{R}^{2} or S3×R\Bbb{S}^{3}\times\Bbb{R}.

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@article{arxiv.2105.10744,
  title  = {Rigidity of four-dimensional Gradient shrinking Ricci solitons},
  author = {Xu Cheng and Detang Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10744},
  year   = {2021}
}

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