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On Complete Gradient Steady Ricci Solitons with Vanishing D-tensor

Differential Geometry 2024-03-12 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we extend the work of Cao-Chen [9] on Bach-flat gradient Ricci solitons to classify nn-dimensional (n5n\ge 5) complete DD-flat gradient steady Ricci solitons. More precisely, we prove that any nn-dimensional complete noncompact gradient steady Ricci soliton with vanishing DD-tensor is either Ricci-flat, or isometric to the Bryant soliton. Furthermore, the proof extends to the shrinking case and the expanding case as well.

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@article{arxiv.2012.13334,
  title  = {On Complete Gradient Steady Ricci Solitons with Vanishing D-tensor},
  author = {Huai-Dong Cao and Jiangtao Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.13334},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

10 pages; final version to appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1105.3163

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