Volume growth, curvature decay, and critical metrics (Q951970)

The authors improve some previous results of their own [Invent. Math. 160(2), 357--415 (2005; Zbl 1085.53030)] and [Adv.Math 196(2), 346--372 (2005; Zbl 1252.53045)]. Firstly, they prove a version of their volume growth theorem which does not require any assumption on the first Betti number. Secondly, they show that their local regularity theorem only requires a lower volume growth assumption, but not a full Sobolev constant bound. As an application of these results they can weaken the assumptions of several of their theorems in the above papers.