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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 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

In this paper we investigate the structure of certain solutions of the fully nonlinear Yamabe flow, which we call quotient almost Yamabe solitons because they extend quite naturally those called quotient Yamabe solitons. We then present…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-11-10 Marcelo Bezerra Barboza , Willian Isao Tokura , Elismar Dias Batista , Priscila Marques Kai

The special nature of gradient Yamabe soliton equation which was first observed by Cao-Sun-Zhang\cite{CaoSunZhang} shows that a complete gradient Yamabe soliton with non-constant potential function is either defined on the Euclidean space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-09-13 Chenxu He

In this paper we prove that any $n$-dimensional ($n\ge 4$) complete Bach-flat gradient steady Ricci soliton with positive Ricci curvature is isometric to the Bryant soliton. We also show that a three-dimensional gradient steady Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Huai-Dong Cao , Giovanni Catino , Qiang Chen , Carlo Mantegazza , Lorenzo Mazzieri

In this paper, we prove that complete gradient steady K\"ahler-Ricci solitons with harmonic Bochner tensor are necessarily K\"ahler-Ricci flat, i.e., Calabi-Yau, and that complete gradient shrinking (or expanding) K\"ahler-Ricci solitons…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-08-14 Qiang Chen , Meng Zhu

The aim of this note is to prove that any compact non-trivial almost Ricci soliton $\big(M^n,\,g,\,X,\,\lambda\big)$ with constant scalar curvature is isometric to a Euclidean sphere $\Bbb{S}^{n}$. As a consequence we obtain that every…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-09-27 Abdênago Barros , Rondinelle Batista , Ernani Ribeiro

In this survey paper, we analyse and compare the recent curvature estimates for three types of $4$-dimensional gradient Ricci solitons, especially between Ricci shrinkers [58] and expanders [17]. In addition, we provide some new curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Huai-Dong Cao

We show that any locally conformally flat ancient solution to the Ricci flow must be rotationally symmetric. As a by-product, we prove that any locally conformally flat Ricci soliton is a gradient soliton in the shrinking and steady cases…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Giovanni Catino , Carlo Mantegazza , Lorenzo Mazzieri

In this paper, we prove some rigidity results for both shrinking and expanding Ricci solitons. First, we prove that compact shrinking Ricci solitons are Einstein if we control the maximum value of the potential function. Then, we prove some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-06 Benedito Leandro , Jeferson Poveda

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 study the gradient Ricci soliton equation on a complete Riemannian manifold. We show that under a natural decay condition on the Ricci curvature, the Ricci soliton is Ricci-flat and ALE.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Li Ma

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 classify nontrivial 3-dimensional complete gradient Yamabe solitons. In particular, we show that any nontrivial non-flat 3-dimensional complete steady gradient Yamabe soliton is rotationally symmetric.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Shun Maeta

In this paper we classify rotationally symmetric conformally flat admissible solitons to the $k$-Yamabe flow, a fully non-linear version of the Yamabe flow. For $n\geq 2k$ we prove existence of complete expanding, steady and shrinking…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-11 Maria Fernanda Espinal , Mariel Sáez

In this paper, we prove some rigidity theorems for shrinking gradient Ricci solitons with nonnegative sectional curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Mingliang Cai

In this note, we study the classification of four-dimensional complete gradient steady and expanding Ricci solitons. Specifically, under the asymptotically cylindrical (respectively, asymptotically conical) assumption, we classify gradient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Huai-Dong Cao , Junming Xie

We study integral and pointwise bounds on the curvature of gradient shrinking Ricci solitons. As applications we discuss gap and compactness results for gradient shrinkers.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-06-18 Ovidiu Munteanu , Mu-Tao Wang

We provide conditions for a compact gradient hyperbolic Ricci and a compact gradient hyperbolic Yamabe soliton to be trivial, hence, the manifold to be an Einstein manifold in the first case, and a manifold of constant scalar curvature, in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Adara M. Blaga

We prove that the sharp Li-Yau equality holds for the conjugate heat kernel on shrinking Ricci solitons without any curvature or volume assumptions. This quantity yields several estimates which allows us to classify four dimensional,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-22 Jason Ledwidge