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Rigidity of Gradient Shrinking Ricci Solitons

Differential Geometry 2017-05-30 v1

Abstract

We prove that a gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with fourth order divergence-free Riemannian tensor is rigid. For the 44-dimensional case, we show that any gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with fourth order divergence-free Riemannian tensor is either Einstein, or a finite quotient of the Gaussian shrinking soliton R4\mathbb{R}^4, R2×S2\mathbb{R}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2 or the round cylinder R×S3\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{S}^3. Under the condition of fourth order divergence-free Weyl tensor, we have the same results.

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@article{arxiv.1705.09754,
  title  = {Rigidity of Gradient Shrinking Ricci Solitons},
  author = {Fei Yang and Liangdi Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.09754},
  year   = {2017}
}

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26 pages

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