New expanding Ricci solitons found starting in dimension four.
problem Finding expanding Ricci solitons in specific dimensions.
method Constructing gradient expanding Ricci solitons asymptotic to cones and on trivial vector bundles.
result Continuous families of expanding Ricci solitons on products of Einstein manifolds.
Paper proves rigidity for Ricci solitons with specific conditions.
problem Understanding the properties of Ricci solitons under various conditions.
method Analyzes shrinking and expanding Ricci solitons with specific constraints.
result Compact shrinking Ricci solitons are Einstein if the potential function is controlled.
Study classifies 4D Ricci solitons with specific curvature conditions.
problem Classifying 4D gradient steady and expanding Ricci solitons with given curvature properties.
method Asymptotically cylindrical and conical assumptions; half-harmonic and half-nonnegative isotropic curvature conditions.
result Partial classification of 4D gradient expanding Ricci solitons with half-nonnegative isotropic curvature.
Sharp curvature estimates for expanding Ricci solitons in various dimensions.
problem Estimating curvature bounds for expanding Ricci solitons.
method Sharp lower and upper bounds derived for scalar curvature under specific conditions.
result Sharp curvature estimates provided for expanding Ricci solitons in dimensions three and four.
New example of non-Kähler soliton with Kähler-like behavior at infinity.
problem Constructing non-Kähler expanding gradient Ricci solitons.
method Asymptotically conical (AC) construction with Kähler tangent cone at infinity.
result Example of a non-Kähler soliton with a Kähler-like behavior at infinity.
Paper reviews and proves volume growth estimates for different types of gradient Ricci solitons.
problem Estimating volume growth for gradient Ricci solitons.
method Survey and prove new volume growth estimates.
result New volume growth estimates for expanding gradient Ricci solitons.
The paper pinches curvature in expanding Ricci solitons.
problem Curvature pinching in expanding Ricci solitons.
method Hamilton-Ivey type curvature pinching estimates.
result Three-dimensional Hamilton-Ivey type curvature pinching theorem.
Constructs expanding gradient Ricci solitons with unique properties.
problem Creating expanding gradient Ricci solitons with specific characteristics.
method Combining previous work with localized maximum principle.
result Constructs various examples of expanding gradient Ricci solitons with positive curvature and exotic curvature decay.
Unique steady and expanding solitons with spherical links identified.
problem Characterizing steady and expanding Ricci solitons with specific asymptotic symmetries.
method Symmetry principle applied to asymptotically cylindrical and conical GRSs, proving uniqueness for Bryant solitons.
result Bryant steady and expanding solitons are the unique asymptotically cylindrical and conical GRSs with spherical links under certain conditions.
We first investigate the asymptotics of conical expanding gradient Ricci solitons by proving sharp decay rates to the asymptotic cone both in the generic and the asymptotically Ricci flat case. We then establish a compactness theorem concerning nonnegatively curved expanding gradient Ricci solitons.
3D solitons classified into specific types.
problem Classifying 3D steady and expanding gradient Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing rectifiable potential functions and curvature conditions.
result 3D solitons are isometric to specific known forms.
Unique continuation result for expanding Ricci solitons.
problem Unique continuation of expanding Ricci solitons.
method Optimal relative integral convergence rate, relative entropy.
result Well-defined relative entropy for expanding solitons.
Study cohomogeneity one expanding Ricci solitons on specific topologies.
problem Characterize and analyze cohomogeneity one expanding Ricci solitons.
method Analyze ODEs, define expander degree, calculate cohomogeneity one expander degree.
result Reconstruct and calculate cohomogeneity one expander degree for specific topologies.
This paper classifies all expanding Ricci solitons on surfaces.
problem Identifying all expanding Ricci solitons on surfaces.
method Developed a Ricci flow existence theory and used uniqueness theory to classify solitons.
result Classified all expanding Ricci solitons on surfaces.
In this paper, we prove that expanding gradient Ricci solitons with (positively) pinched Ricci curvature are trivial ones. Namely, they are either compact or flat.
Study shows expanding Ricci solitons from specific metric cones.
problem Analyzing Ricci flows from weakly PIC1 metric cones.
method Complete weakly PIC1 Ricci flows with Euclidean volume growth.
result Ricci flows must be expanding gradient Ricci solitons.
Study expanding gradient Ricci solitons with Euclidean base.
problem Characterize expanding gradient Ricci solitons with specific properties.
method Analyze warped products with Euclidean base and invariant warping functions.
result Derive complete examples of expanding gradient Ricci solitons.
No expanding breathers found in noncompact Ricci flows with certain curvature conditions.
problem Finding expanding breathers in noncompact Ricci flows.
method Curvature positivity conditions (weak PIC-2 or nonnegative bisectional curvature).
result Complete noncompact expanding breathers are gradient solitons.
The paper shows how to stabilize perturbed Kähler-Ricci solitons.
problem Stabilizing perturbed Kähler-Ricci solitons.
method Normalized Kähler-Ricci flow starting from perturbed metrics.
result The flow converges to an asymptotically conical gradient expanding Kähler-Ricci soliton.
In this paper, we give a delay estimate of scalar curvature for a complete non-compact expanding (or steady) gradient Ricci soliton with nonnegative Ricci curvature. As an application, we prove that any complete non-compact expanding (or steady) gradient Kähler-Ricci solitons with positively pinched Ricci curvature sho…
In this paper, we study gradient Ricci expanding solitons (X,g) satisfying Rc=cg+D2f, where Rc is the Ricci curvature, c<0 is a constant, and D2f is the Hessian of the potential function f on X. We show that for a gradient expanding soliton (X,g) with non-negative Ricci curvature, the scalar curva…
We study the stability of non compact steady and expanding gradient Ricci solitons. We first show that strict linear stability implies dynamical stability. Then we give various sufficient geometric conditions ensuring the strict linear stability of such gradient Ricci solitons.
We show that expanding Kähler-Ricci solitons which have positive holomorphic bisectional curvature and are asymptotic to Kähler cones at infinity must be the U(n)-rotationally symmetric expanding solitons constructed by Cao.
We show that an expanding gradient Ricci solitons which is asymptotic to a cone at infinity in a certain sense must be rotationally symmetric.
We produce new examples of non-Kähler complete expanding gradient Ricci solitons on trivial vector bundles over a product of Einstein manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
This paper classifies Ricci solitons in complex hyperbolic spaces.
problem Understanding Ricci solitons in complex hyperbolic spaces.
method Analyzing homogeneous expanding Ricci solitons as submanifolds of complex hyperbolic spaces.
result Classification and analysis of Lie subgroups with Ricci soliton induced metric in complex hyperbolic spaces.
We show that at the level of formal expansions, any compact Riemannian manifold is the sphere at infinity of an asymptotically conical gradient expanding Ricci soliton.
The study provides estimates for curvature of gradient Ricci solitons.
problem Estimating curvature of gradient Ricci solitons.
method Hamilton-Ivey estimates applied to steady and expanding gradient solitons.
result Quantitative lower bounds on curvature for specific solitons.
New findings on gradient expanding Ricci solitons with finite scalar curvature ratio.
problem Understanding the behavior of gradient expanding Ricci solitons with finite scalar curvature ratio.
method Analyzing complete gradient expanding Ricci solitons with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
result Riemann curvature tensor must have at least sub-quadratic decay for finite asymptotic scalar curvature ratio.
We introduce the notion of Canonical Expanding Ricci Soliton, and use it to derive new Harnack inequalities for Ricci flow. This viewpoint also gives geometric insight into the existing Harnack inequalities of Hamilton and Brendle.
We show that gradient shrinking, expanding or steady Ricci solitons have potentials leading to suitable reference probability measures on the manifold. For shrinking solitons, as well as expanding soltions with nonnegative Ricci curvature, these reference measures satisfy sharp logarithmic Sobolev inequalities with low…
This paper provides a study of algebraic Ricci solitons in the pseudo-Riemannian case. In the Riemannian case, all nontrivial homogeneous algebraic Ricci solitons are expanding algebraic Ricci solitons. In this paper, we obtain a steady algebraic Ricci soliton and a shrinking algebraic Ricci soliton in the Lorentzian s…
Study of special Lorentzian Lie groups with 4D isometry group, finding all are non-gradient expanding Ricci solitons.
problem Characterizing homogeneous Lorentzian three-manifolds with a 4D isometry group.
method Explicit global coordinate description and proof of Ricci soliton properties.
result All special examples are non-gradient expanding Ricci solitons.
Characterizes potential function of almost conformal Ricci solitons on Sasakian manifolds.
problem Characterizing potential functions of almost conformal Ricci solitons on Sasakian manifolds.
method Characterization through the potential function f and non-dynamical scalar field p. result Established a sufficient condition for an almost conformal Ricci soliton to be an almost conformal gradient Ricci soliton.
We prove that any shrinking Kahler Ricci soliton has only one end, and that any expanding Kahler Ricci soliton with proper potential has only one end.
The paper establishes curvature estimates for solitons in higher dimensions.
problem Curvature estimates for steady and expanding solitons in higher dimensions.
method Curvature estimates using gradient Ricci solitons and integral estimates.
result Curvature operator decays at specific rates for different cases of solitons.
Study expanding Ricci solitons on vector bundles, reducing to Higgs bundle equations.
problem Understanding the long-time behavior of Ricci flows on manifolds.
method Prove equations dimension-reduce to twisted harmonic-Einstein equations, establish correspondence with G-Higgs bundles.
result Produce infinite families of new non-locally homogeneous examples, complete description in dimension 4.
The paper estimates curvature for specific 4D Ricci solitons.
problem Estimating curvature for 4D complete gradient expanding Ricci solitons.
method Deriving bounds on curvature and its derivatives for solitons with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
result Curvature and its derivatives are bounded by scalar curvature for these solitons.
We study the geometry at infinity of expanding gradient Ricci solitons of dimension greater than two with finite asymptotic curvature ratio without curvature sign assumptions. We mainly prove that they have a cone structure at infinity.
Study on non-gradient Ricci almost solitons in warped products.
problem Understanding non-gradient Ricci almost solitons.
method Construction method and explicit example in warped products.
result Rigidity result for Gaussian soliton.
We give necessary and sufficient conditions for a Kähler equivariant resolution of a Kähler cone, with the resolution satisfying one of a number of auxiliary conditions, to admit a unique asymptotically conical (AC) expanding gradient Kähler-Ricci soliton. In particular, it follows that for any n∈N0 and…
We produce new non-Kähler, non-Einstein, complete expanding gradient Ricci solitons with conical asymptotics and underlying manifold of the form R2×M2×⋯×Mr, where r≥2 and Mi are arbitrary closed Einstein spaces with positive scalar curvature. We also find numerical evidence for…
Survey paper analyzes curvature estimates for 4D gradient Ricci solitons.
problem Analyzing curvature estimates for different types of 4D gradient Ricci solitons.
method Comparison and new estimates provided for 4D gradient steady Ricci solitons.
result Sharp curvature estimate ∣Rm∣≤CR for gradient steady Ricci solitons with positive Ricci curvature. Study shows instability of Kähler Ricci solitons and stability of orbifold singularities.
problem Linear stability and instability of Kähler Ricci solitons.
method Extending the approach of \cite{chi04} and \cite{hm11}, via recent work \cite{cm21} on gradient shrinking Ricci solitons.
result Linear instability of the BCCD shrinking soliton and stability of orbifold singularities of Kähler solitons.
The paper examines Lorentz Ricci solitons on specific Lie groups.
problem Identifying Lorentz Ricci solitons on 4D non-Abelian nilpotent Lie groups.
method Investigates left-invariant Lorentz metrics on H3imesR and G4. result Only specific metrics on H3imesR and G4 satisfy the Ricci Soliton equation. In previous work, the authors studied the linear stability of algebraic Ricci solitons on simply connected solvable Lie groups (solvsolitons), which are stationary solutions of a certain normalization of Ricci flow. Many examples were shown to be linearly stable, leading to the conjecture that all solvsolitons are line…
We show that Lorentzian manifolds whose isometry group is of dimension at least 21n(n−1)+1 are expanding, steady and shrinking Ricci solitons and steady gradient Ricci solitons. This provides examples of complete locally conformally flat and symmetric Lorentzian Ricci solitons which are not rigid.
New gradient Ricci solitons found for SU(2) invariants.
problem Exploring gradient Ricci solitons with SU(2) symmetry. method Construction of new solitons using cohomogeneity one group actions.
result 3-parameter families of complete SU(2)-invariant asymptotically conical expanding gradient Ricci solitons.