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In this paper we prove classification results for gradient shrinking Ricci solitons under two invariant conditions, namely nonnegative orthogonal bisectional curvature and weakly PIC1, without any curvature bound. New results on ancient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-08 Xiaolong Li , Lei Ni

We prove that a $n$-dimensional, $4 \leq n \leq 6$, compact gradient shrinking Ricci soliton satisfying a $L^{n/2}$-pinching condition is isometric to a quotient of the round $\mathbb{S}^{n}$. The proof relies mainly on sharp algebraic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-26 Giovanni Catino

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

We derive lower bounds on the scalar curvature of complete non-compact gradient Yamabe solitons under some integral curvature conditions. Based on this, we prove that the corresponding potential functions have at most quadratic growth in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-29 Jia-Yong Wu

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 show that steady or shrinking complete gradient Yamabe solitons with finite total scalar curvature and non-positive Ricci curvature are Ricci flat. Moreover, under certain pinching condition for Ricci curvature, we show…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-10 Shun Maeta

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 derive a sharp lower bound for the scalar curvature of non-flat and non-compact expanding gradient Ricci soliton provided that the scalar curvature is non-negative and the potential function is proper. We also give an upper bound for the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-16 Pak-Yeung Chan

We consider noncollapsed steady gradient Ricci solitons with nonnegative sectional curvature. We show that such solitons always dimension reduce at infinity. This generalizes an earlier result in [CDM22] to higher dimensions. In dimension…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Pak-Yeung Chan , Zilu Ma , Yongjia Zhang

We show that a complete gradient Ricci soliton $(M^n,\,g)$ with constant scalar curvature and a non-parallel closed conformal vector field is isometric to either the Euclidean space, or an Euclidean sphere, or negatively Einstein warped…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-28 J. F. Siva Filho , R. Sharma

We show that a complete Riemannian manifold has finite topological type (i.e., homeomorphic to the interior of a compact manifold with boundary), provided its Bakry-\'{E}mery Ricci tensor has a positive lower bound, and either of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-01-03 Fuquan Fang , Jianwen man , Zhenlei Zhang

We prove that a gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with fourth order divergence-free Riemannian tensor is rigid. For the $4$-dimensional case, we show that any gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with fourth order divergence-free Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-30 Fei Yang , Liangdi Zhang

In this paper, we study the geometry and topology of complete gradient shrinking Sasaki-Ricci solitons. We first prove that they must be connected at infinity. This is a Sasaki analogue of gradient shrinking K\"ahler-Ricci solitons.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Shu-Cheng Chang , Yingbo Han , Chin-Tung Wu

In this paper we establish the existence of extremals for the Log Sobolev functional on complete non-compact manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below and strictly positive injectivity radius, under a condition near infinity. When…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Michele Rimoldi , Giona Veronelli

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

In this paper, we classify n-dimensional (n>3) complete Bach-flat gradient shrinking Ricci solitons. More precisely, we prove that any 4-dimensional Bach-flat gradient shrinking Ricci soliton is either Einstein, or locally conformally flat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Huai-Dong Cao , Qiang Chen

We prove that any gradient shrinking Ricci soliton has at most Euclidean volume growth. This improves a recent result of H.-D. Cao and D. Zhou by removing a condition on the growth of scalar curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-04-22 Ovidiu Munteanu

Let $(M^n, g, f)$, $n\geq 5$, be a complete gradient expanding Ricci soliton with nonnegative Ricci curvature $Rc\geq 0$. In this paper, we show that if the asymptotic scalar curvature ratio of $(M^n, g, f)$ is finite (i.e., $ \limsup_{r\to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Huai-Dong Cao , Tianbo Liu , Junming Xie

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 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