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Level set flow in 3D steady gradient Ricci solitons

Differential Geometry 2017-09-04 v1

Abstract

Let (M3,g,f)(M^3, g, f) be a nontrivial 3-dimensional steady gradient Ricci soliton. If the scalar curvature RR satisfies c1rbRc2rac_1r^{-b}\leq R\leq c_2r^{-a} for some a(0,1],baa\in(0,1], b\geq a, and c1,c2>0c_1,c_2>0, then the umbilical ratio of the level sets of ff satisfies 2A2H2H2O(r6a8a2b)O(r2b4a)\frac{2|A|^2-H^2}{H^2}\in O(r^{6a-\frac{8a^2}{b}})\cap O(r^{2b-4a}).

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@article{arxiv.1709.00143,
  title  = {Level set flow in 3D steady gradient Ricci solitons},
  author = {Chih-Wei Chen and Kuo-Wei Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.00143},
  year   = {2017}
}
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