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Some rigidity results for noncompact gradient steady Ricci solitons and Ricci-flat manifolds

Differential Geometry 2016-09-13 v2

Abstract

Gradient steady Ricci solitons are natural generalizations of Ricci-flat manifolds. In this article, we prove a curvature gap theorem for gradient steady Ricci solitons with nonconstant potential functions; and a curvature gap theorem for Ricci-flat manifolds, removing the volume growth assumptions in known results.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4515,
  title  = {Some rigidity results for noncompact gradient steady Ricci solitons and Ricci-flat manifolds},
  author = {Fei He},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4515},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

The result concerning ACyl manifolds was removed from the previous version since it can be generalized and does not depend on either Ricci soliton or Ricci-flat condition. 18 pages