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On DeTurck uniqueness theorems for Ricci tensor

Differential Geometry 2015-11-17 v1

Abstract

In Riemannian geometry the prescribed Ricci curvature problem is as follows: given a smooth manifold MM and a symmetric 2-tensor rr, construct a metric on MM whose Ricci tensor equals rr. In particular, DeTurck and Koiso proved the following celebrated result: the Ricci curvature uniquely determines the Levi-Civita connection on any compact Einstein manifold with non-negative section curvature. In the present paper we generalize the result of DeTurck and Koiso for a Riemannian manifold with non-negative section curvature. In addition, we extended our result to complete non-compact Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative sectional curvature and with finite total scalar curvature.

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@article{arxiv.1511.04566,
  title  = {On DeTurck uniqueness theorems for Ricci tensor},
  author = {Sergey Stepanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.04566},
  year   = {2015}
}
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