Smooth structures, normalized Ricci flows, and finite cyclic groups

DOI10.1007/S10455-008-9136-6zbMATH Open1167.53057arXiv0808.0316OpenAlexW2063293434MaRDI QIDQ1016364FDOQ1016364

Authors: Masashi Ishida, Ioana Şuvaina 

Publication date: 5 May 2009

Published in: Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A solution to the normalized Ricci flow is called non-singular if it exists for all time with uniformly bounded sectional curvature. By using the techniques developed by the present authors, we study the existence or non-existence of non-singular solutions of the normalized Ricci flow on 4-manifolds with non-trivial fundamental group and the relation with the smooth structures. For example, we prove that, for any finite cyclic group ${mathbbZ}_d$, where $d>1$, there exists a compact topological 4-manifold $X$ with fundamental group ${mathbbZ}_d$, which admits at least one smooth structure for which non-singular solutions of the normalized Ricci flow exist, but also admits infinitely many distinct smooth structures for which {it no} non-singular solution of the normalized Ricci flow exists. Related non-existence results on non-singular solutions are also proved. Among others, we show that there are no non-singular $$equivariant solutions to the normalized Ricci flow on appropriate connected sums of $$s and $cpb$s ($d>1$).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0316

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zbMATH Keywords

Seiberg-Witten theoryexotic smooth structuresfinite cyclic fundamental groupsnormalized Ricci flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57)

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