Critical metrics on connected sums of Einstein four-manifolds

DOI10.1016/j.aim.2015.11.054zbMath1334.53034arXiv1303.0827MaRDI QIDQ5965069

Matthew J. Gursky, Jeff A. Viaclovsky

Publication date: 2 March 2016

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.0827

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein metrics; critical metrics; gluing; quadratic curvature functionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C25: Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.)

57R65: Surgery and handlebodies

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