Ricci flow and the holonomy group

DOI10.1515/CRELLE-2012-0023MaRDI QIDQ2450192zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Brett Kotschwar

Publication date 16 May 2014

Published in Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3722

zbMATH Keywords

rigiditystrictly parabolic equationuniformly bounded curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29)

Abstract: We prove that the restricted holonomy group of a complete smooth solution to the Ricci flow of uniformly bounded curvature cannot spontaneously contract in finite time; it follows, then, from an earlier result of Hamilton that the holonomy group is exactly preserved by the equation. In particular, a solution to the Ricci flow may be K"{a}hler or locally reducible (as a product) at $t=T$ if and only if the same is true of $g(t)$ at times $tleqT$.

Review text

The paper under review proves the following rigidity result for solutions of the Ricci flow: If \(g(t)\) is a complete smooth solution with uniformly bounded curvature, then \(g\) is Kähler at time \(T\) if and only if it is Kähler at every time \(t<T\). The author addresses the problem using the curvature operator, in particular the fact that (unlike the metric) it satisfies a strictly parabolic equation. Due to the Ambrose-Singer theorem, the curvature operator is completely determined by the (reduced) holonomy group. The rigidity result mentioned above follows from a unique continuation argument, which the author obtains by proving that the (reduced) holonomy groups of the solution \(g(t)\) do not contract.

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• Gromov-Hausdorff limits of Kähler manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below
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• Uniqueness of self-similar shrinkers with asymptotically conical ends
• Holonomic spaces
• The Ricci-Bourguignon flow on Heisenberg and quaternion Lie groups
• The full holonomy group under the Ricci flow
• Ancient solutions to the Ricci flow with isotropic curvature conditions
• Ancient solutions of Ricci flow with type I curvature growth

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