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We first show that any $4$-dimensional non-Ricci-flat steady gradient Ricci soliton singularity model must satisfy $|Rm|\leq cR$ for some positive constant $c$. Then, we apply the Hamilton-Ivey estimate to prove a quantitative lower bound…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Pak-Yeung Chan , Zilu Ma , Yongjia Zhang

In this paper, we will prove a gap theorem for four-dimensional gradient shrinking soliton. More precisely, we will show that any complete four-dimensional gradient shrinking soliton with nonnegative and bounded Ricci curvature, satisfying…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-30 Zhuhong Zhang

Let $(M^n, g, f)$ be an $n$-dimensional complete noncompact gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with the equation $Ric+\nabla^2f= \frac{1}{2}g$. 1. If its scalar curvature is $\frac{k}{2}$, Ricci curvature is nonnegative and sectional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Chen Wang , Guoqiang Wu

In this paper we classify the four dimensional gradient shrinking solitons under certain curvature conditions satisfied by all solitons arising from finite time singularities of Ricci flow on compact four manifolds with positive isotropic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-10-18 Lei Ni , Nolan Wallach

In this article, we give a new proof of a result due to J. Kim, which states that the Ricci tensor of a gradient Ricci soliton with dimension $n \geq 4$ and harmonic Weyl tensor has at most three distinct eigenvalues. This result…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Valter Borges , Matheus Andrade Ribeiro de Moura Horácio , João Paulo dos Santos

In this article, we investigate a gradient almost Ricci soliton with harmonic Weyl tensor. We first prove that its Ricci tensor has at most three distinct eigenvalues of constant multiplicities in a neighborhood of a regular point of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Valter Borges , Matheus Andrade Ribeiro de Moura Horácio , João Paulo dos Santos

In this note we prove that any four-dimensional half conformally flat gradient steady Ricci soliton must be either Bryant's soliton or Ricci flat. We also classify four-dimensional half conformally flat gradient shrinking Ricci solitons…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-02-08 Xiuxiong Chen , Yuanqi Wang

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

In this paper, we investigate the geometry of 4-dimensional complete gradient shrinking Ricci solitons with half positive isotropic curvature (half PIC) or half nonnegative isotropic curvature. Our first main result is a certain form of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Huai-Dong Cao , Junming Xie

Suppose $(M, g, f)$ is a 5-dimensional complete shrinking gradient Ricci soliton with $R=1$. If it has bounded curvature, we prove that it is a finite quotient of $\mathbb{R}^3\times \mathbb{S}^2$.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Fengjiang Li , Jianyu Ou , Yuanyuan Qu , Guoqiang Wu

We show that, up to biholomorphism, there is at most one complete $T^n$-invariant shrinking gradient K\"ahler-Ricci soliton on a non-compact toric manifold $M$. We also establish uniqueness without assuming $T^n$-invariance if the Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-19 Charles Cifarelli

In this paper, we first show that a complete shrinking breather with Ricci curvature bounded from below must be a shrinking gradient Ricci soliton. This result has several applications. First, we can classify all complete $3$-dimensional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-12-01 Liang Cheng , Yongjia Zhang

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

We make classifications of gradient Ricci solitons $(M, g, f)$ with harmonic Weyl curvature. As a local classification, we prove that the soliton metric $g$ is locally isometric to one of the following four types: an Einstein manifold, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Jongsu Kim

We prove a splitting theorem for complete gradient Ricci soliton with nonnegative curvature and establish a rigidity theorem for codimension one complete shrinking gradient Ricci soliton in $\mathbb R^{n+1}$ with nonnegative Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-23 Pengfei Guan , Peng Lu , Yiyan Xu

We prove the existence of a unique complete shrinking gradient K\"ahler-Ricci soliton with bounded scalar curvature on the blowup of $\mathbb{C}\times\mathbb{P}^{1}$ at one point. This completes the classification of such solitons in two…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-23 Richard H. Bamler , Charles Cifarelli , Ronan J. Conlon , Alix Deruelle

We consider gradient Ricci solitons conformal to a $n$-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space and we completely describe the most general ansatz that reduces the resulting system of partial differential equations to a system of ordinary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-02 Benedito Leandro , João Paulo dos Santos

We study complete conformal gradient solitons, a class containing gradient Yamabe solitons and many generalized Yamabe-type structures, including gradient almost Yamabe, gradient k-Yamabe, and gradient h-almost Yamabe solitons, and, after a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Shun Maeta

Suppose $(M^n, g, f)$ is a complete shrinking gradient Ricci soliton. We give several rigidity results under some natural conditions, generalizing the results in \cite{Petersen-Wylie,Guan-Lu-Xu}. Using maximum principle, we prove that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Jianyu Ou , Yuanyuan Qu , Guoqiang Wu

This is a sequel to our paper [24], in which we investigated the geometry of 4-dimensional gradient shrinking Ricci solitons with half positive (nonnegative) isotropic curvature. In this paper, we mainly focus on 4-dimensional gradient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Huai-Dong Cao , Junming Xie