A comparison theorem for steady Ricci solitons

Authors Benedito Leandro, Jeferson Poveda

Publication date 9 July 2022

Abstract: We prove that a steady gradient Ricci soliton is either Ricci flat with a constant potential function or a quotient of the product steady soliton

N^{n - 1} i m e s m a t h b b R

, where

N^{n - 1}

is Ricci flat, or isometric to the Bryant soliton (up to scalings), provided that a couple of geometric conditions inspired by the cigar soliton hold. As an application, we prove that any complete non-compact steady Ricci soliton with positive Ricci curvature controlled by the scalar curvature

R

, curvature tensor

R m

satisfying

| R m | r o o (1)

and

R o i n f t y

, as

r o i n f t y

, must be the Bryant soliton. Moreover, we prove that any complete steady soliton with positively pinched Ricci curvature must be Ricci flat.

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