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We prove that the four-dimensional blowdown shrinking Ricci soliton constructed by Feldman-Ilmanen-Knopf is strictly linearly stable in the sense of Cao-Hamilton-Ilmanen. This provides the first known example of a non-cylindrical linearly…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Keaton Naff , Tristan Ozuch

In this short note, using G\"unther's volume comparison theorem and Yokota's gap theorem on complete shrinking gradient Ricci solitons, we prove that for any complete shrinking gradient Ricci soliton $(M^{n},g,f)$ with sectional curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Shijin Zhang

Irreducible bilinear tensorial concomitants of an arbitrary complex antisymmetric valence-2 tensor are derived in four-dimensional spacetime. In addition these bilinear concomitants are symmetric (or antisymmetric), self-dual (or…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. D. Carozzi , J. E. S. Bergman

In this paper, we will study the asymptotic geometry of 4-dimensional steady gradient Ricci solitons under the condition that they dimension reduce to $3$-manifolds. We will show that such 4-dimensional steady gradient Ricci solitons either…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-21 Bennett Chow , Yuxing Deng , Zilu Ma

The aim of this paper is to investigate some integral formulas for compact gradient $h$-almost Ricci-Bourguignon solitons. Consequently, we generalize the results previously ob tained for Ricci almost solitons. Moreover, we prove that a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Abdou Bousso , Moctar Traore , Ameth Ndiaye

We show that sequences of compact gradient Ricci solitons converge to complete orbifold gradient solitons, assuming constraints on volume, the $L^{n/2}$-norm of curvature, and the auxiliary constant $C_1$. The strongest results are in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-04-09 Brian Weber

We establish integral curvature estimates for complete gradient shrinking Sasaki-Ricci solitons. As an application, we show that any such soliton with harmonic Weyl tensor must be a finite quotient of a sphere. This result can be regarded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Shu-Cheng Chang , Hongbing Qiu

It is observed that on a compact almost complex Calabi-Yau with torsion 6-manifold the Nijenhuis tensor is parallel with respect to the torsion connection. If the torsion is closed then the space is a compact generalized gradient Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Stefan Ivanov , Nikola Stanchev

The Eisenhart problem of finding parallel tensors treated already in the framework of quasi-constant curvature manifolds in \cite{x:j} is reconsidered for the symmetric case and the result is interpreted in terms of Ricci solitons. If the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-06-25 Cornelia Livia Bejan , Mircea Crasmareanu

The Bochner technique is a classical tool in global differential geometry for proving vanishing and rigidity results by exploiting curvature conditions. Building on recent extensions of this method to complete non-compact settings by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Gunhee Cho , Nguyen Thac Dung , Tran Quang Huy

The Bach flow is a fourth order geometric flow defined on four manifolds. For a compact manifold, it is a conformally modified gradient flow for the $L^2$-norm of the Weyl curvature. In this paper we study the Bach flow on four-dimensional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-23 Adam Thompson

Let $(M, g, f)$ be a $4$-dimensional complete noncompact gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with the equation $Ric+\nabla^2f=\lambda g$, where $\lambda$ is a positive real number. We prove that if $M$ has constant scalar curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-24 Xu Cheng , Detang Zhou

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

Algebraic conditions on the Ricci tensor in the Rainich-Misner-Wheeler unified field theory are known as the Rainich conditions. Penrose and more recently Bergqvist and Lankinen made an analogy from the Ricci tensor to the Bel-Robinson…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 Lau Loi So

The main purpose of this article is to provide an alternate proof to a result of Perelman on gradient shrinking solitons. In dimension three we also generalize the result by removing the $\kappa$-non-collapsing assumption. In high dimension…

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

In this paper, we study vacuum static spaces with the complete divergence of the Bach tensor and Weyl tensor. First, we prove that the vanishing of complete divergence of the Bach tensor and Weyl tensor implies the harmonicity of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-05-30 Seungsu Hwang , Gabjin Yun

Let $(M, g, f)$ be a $5$-dimensional complete noncompact gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with the equation $Ric+\nabla^2f= \lambda g$, where $\text{Ric}$ is the Ricci tensor and $\nabla^2f$ is the Hessian of the potential function $f$. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Fengjiang Li , Jianyu Ou , Yuanyuan Qu , Guoqiang Wu

This paper proves several topological results for smooth gradient Ricci shrinkers. We establish upper bounds for the Betti numbers, a vanishing theorem for cohomology, and a dichotomy for the number of ends. We also prove a full Hodge…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Fei He

We find necessary and sufficient conditions for a Riemannian four-dimensional manifold $(M, g)$ with anti-self-dual Weyl tensor to be locally conformal to a Ricci--flat manifold. These conditions are expressed as the vanishing of scalar and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Maciej Dunajski , Paul Tod

A Riemannian metric on a compact 4-manifold is said to be Bach-flat if it is a critical point for the L2-norm of the Weyl curvature. When the Riemannian 4-manifold in question is a Kaehler surface, we provide a rough classification of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-14 Claude LeBrun