On Four-dimensional Steady gradient Ricci solitons that dimension reduce
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 -manifolds. We will show that such 4-dimensional steady gradient Ricci solitons either dimension reduce to a spherical space form or weakly dimension reduce to the -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 -manifolds or dimension reduce to -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 -manifolds.
Cite
@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