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On Four-dimensional Steady gradient Ricci solitons that dimension reduce

Differential Geometry 2022-03-21 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we will study the asymptotic geometry of 4-dimensional steady gradient Ricci solitons under the condition that they dimension reduce to 33-manifolds. We will show that such 4-dimensional steady gradient Ricci solitons either dimension reduce to a spherical space form S3/Γ\mathbb{S}^3/\Gamma or weakly dimension reduce to the 33-dimensional Bryant soliton. We also show that 4-dimensional steady gradient Ricci soliton singularity models with nonnegative Ricci curvature outside a compact set either are Ricci-flat ALE 44-manifolds or dimension reduce to 33-dimensional manifolds. As an application, we prove that any steady gradient K\"{a}hler-Ricci soliton singularity models on complex surfaces with nonnegative Ricci curvature outside a compact set must be hyperk\"{a}hler ALE Ricc-flat 44-manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2009.11456,
  title  = {On Four-dimensional Steady gradient Ricci solitons that dimension reduce},
  author = {Bennett Chow and Yuxing Deng and Zilu Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.11456},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

A volume comparison result is corrected. See the discussion in the appendix. The paper is accepted by Adv in Math

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