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Self-dual and even Poincar\'e-Einstein metrics in dimension four

Differential Geometry 2024-07-15 v1

Abstract

We prove rigidity and gap theorems for self-dual and even Poincar\'e-Einstein metrics in dimension four. As a corollary, we give an obstruction to the existence of self-dual Poincar\'e-Einstein metrics in terms of conformal invariants of the boundary and the topology of the bulk. As a by-product of our proof we identify a new scalar conformal invariant of three-dimensional Riemannian manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2407.08851,
  title  = {Self-dual and even Poincar\'e-Einstein metrics in dimension four},
  author = {Matthew J. Gursky and Stephen E. McKeown and Aaron J. Tyrrell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.08851},
  year   = {2024}
}
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