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On an $n$-dimensional complete manifold $M$, consider an $h$-almost gradient Ricci soliton, which is a generalization of a gradient Ricci soliton. We prove that if the manifold is Bach-flat and $dh/du>0$, then the manifold $M$ is either…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-06-14 Gabjin Yun , Jinseok Co , Seungsu Hwang

In this article we have showed that a gradient $\rho$-Einstein soliton with a vector field of bounded norm and satisfying some other conditions is isometric to the Euclidean sphere. Later, we have proved that a non-trivial complete gradient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Absos Ali Shaikh , Antonio W. Cunha , Prosenjit Mandal

In this paper, we prove the compactness theorem for gradient Ricci solitons. Let $(M_{\alpha}, g_{\alpha})$ be a sequence of compact gradient Ricci solitons of dimension $n\geq 4$, whose curvatures have uniformly bounded $L^{\frac{n}{2}}$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Xi Zhang

In this paper we consider a perturbation of the Ricci solitons equation proposed in \cite{jpb1} and studied in \cite{CaMa} and we classify noncompact gradient shrinkers with bounded nonnegative sectional curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-02 Giovanni Catino , Lorenzo Mazzieri , Samuele Mongodi

In this paper, we establish a compactness theorem for gradient Ricci solitons with scalar curvature bounds and uniform lower bounds of harmonic coordinates. Our approach is to bootstrap regularity in harmonic coordinates by exploiting the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Ming Hsiao

We show that Lorentzian manifolds whose isometry group is of dimension at least $\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)+1$ are expanding, steady and shrinking Ricci solitons and steady gradient Ricci solitons. This provides examples of complete locally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-02-26 W. Batat , M. Brozos-Vazquez , E. Garcia-Rio , S. Gavino-Fernandez

In this paper, we derive certain curvature estimates for 4-dimensional gradient steady Ricci solitons either with positive Ricci curvature or with scalar curvature decay.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-14 Huai-Dong Cao , Xin Cui

We describe the local structure of self-dual gradient Ricci solitons in neutral signature. If the Ricci soliton is non-isotropic then it is locally conformally flat and locally isometric to a warped product of the form $I\times_\varphi…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-03 Miguel Brozos-Vázquez , Eduardo García-Río

The aim of this paper is to study geometrical aspects of static spacetime admitting an almost gradient Ricci soliton. Among others, We first determine the conditions under which the base manifold of static spacetime possess an almost…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Akhilesh Yadav , Tarun Saxena

The investigation of Ricci solitons is the focus of this work. We have proved triviality results for compact gradient Ricci soliton under certain restriction. Later, a rigidity result is derived for a compact gradient shrinking Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-02 Absos Ali Shaikh , Prosenjit Mandal , V. Amarendra Babu

We study gradient Ricci solitons with maximal symmetry. First we show that there are no non-trivial homogeneous gradient Ricci solitons. Thus the most symmetry one can expect is an isometric cohomogeneity one group action. Many examples of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-24 Peter Petersen , William Wylie

In this paper, we give a description for steady Ricci solitons with a linear decay of sectional curvature. In particular, we classify all 3-dimensional steady Ricci solitons and 4-dimensional $\kappa$-noncollpased steady Ricci solitons with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Yuxing Deng , Xiaohua Zhu

In this very short note we prove a lower bound for the scalar curvature of certain steady gradient Ricci solitons.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-02-23 Bennett Chow , Peng Lu , Bo Yang

In this paper, we prove rigidity results on gradient shrinking Ricci solitons with weakly harmonic Weyl curvature tensors. Let $(M^n, g)$ be a compact gradient shrinking Ricci soliton satisfying ${\rm Ric}_g + Ddf = \rho g$ with $\rho >0$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Seungsu Hwang , Gabjin Yun

[Dedicated to Richard S. Hamilton on forty years of Ricci flow] Gradient Ricci solitons have garnered significant attention both as self-similar solutions and singularity models of the Ricci flow. This survey article starts with a list of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-23 Xiaodong Cao , Hung Tran

In this paper, we first apply an integral identity on Ricci solitons to prove that closed locally conformally flat gradient Ricci solitons are of constant sectional curvature. We then generalize this integral identity to complete noncompact…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-11-12 Xiaodong Cao , Biao Wang , Zhou Zhang

The local structure of half conformally flat gradient Ricci almost solitons is investigated, showing that they are locally conformally flat in a neighborhood of any point where the gradient of the potential function is non-null. In…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-28 M. Brozos-Vázquez , E. García-Río , X. Valle-Regueiro

Our main aim in this paper is to investigate the rigidity of complete noncompact gradient steady Ricci solitons with harmonic Weyl tensor. More precisely, we prove that an $n$-dimensional ($n\geq 5$) complete noncompact gradient steady…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-18 Fengjiang Li

We show that $S^2\times S^2$ is isolated as a shrinking Ricci soliton in the space of metrics, up to scaling and diffeomorphism. We also prove the same rigidity for $S^2\times N$, where $N$ belongs to a certain class of closed Einstein…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-29 Ao Sun , Jonathan J. Zhu

We introduce a natural extension of the concept of gradient Ricci soliton: the Ricci almost soliton. We provide existence and rigidity results, we deduce a-priori curvature estimates and isolation phenomena, and we investigate some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-15 Stefano Pigola , Marco Rigoli , Michele Rimoldi , Alberto G. Setti