Uniqueness of gradient Ricci solitons (Q2428812)
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Uniqueness of gradient Ricci solitons (English)
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21 April 2012
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A Riemannian manifold \((M, g)\) is called a steady gradient Ricci soliton if there exists a smooth function \(f: M\to\mathbb{R}\) such that \(\text{Ric}+{1\over 2}{\mathfrak L}_\xi g= 0\), where \(\xi= -\text{grad}_g f=-\nabla f\), \({\mathfrak L}_\xi\) denoting the Lie derivative with respect to \(\xi\) and Ric the Ricci tensor. It is known that, for any \(n\geq 3\), there exists an \(n\)-dimensional steady gradient Ricci soliton, which is rotationally symmetric and has positive curvature operator. This is named the Bryant soliton. Recently, G. Perelman formulated the conjecture: Any 3-dimensional steady gradient Ricci soliton with positive sectional curvature which satisfies a non-collapsing assumption at infinity is isometric to the Bryant soliton, up to a scaling. A result of H. D. Cao and Q. Chen, related with this conjecture, states that a steady gradient-Ricci soliton which is locally conformally flat is either flat or rotationally symmetric. In this paper, the author considers a 3-dimensional steady Ricci soliton \((M, g)\) and assumes that the scalar curvature is positive and approaches to zero at infinity. Then, under an additional asymptotic condition at infinity, he proves that \((M, g)\) is rotationally symmetric.
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steady gradient Ricci soliton
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Bryant soliton
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