On the Ricci curvature of steady gradient Ricci solitons

Assume (Mn,g) is a complete steady gradient Ricci soliton with positive Ricci curvature. If the scalar curvature approaches 0 towards infinity, we prove that , where O is the point where R obtains its maximum and γ(s) is a minimal normal geodesic emanating from O. Some other results on the Ricci curvature are also obtained.     

New connected sums with positive Ricci curvature

We construct a new infinite family of Ricci positive manifolds, generalising a well-known result of Sha and Yang.      

Submanifolds of positive Ricci curvature in a Euclidean space

In this paper we study the role of constant vector fields on a Euclidean space R ^n+p in shaping the geometry of its compact submanifolds. For an n-dimensional compact submanifold M of the Euclidean space R ^n+p with mean curvature vector field H and a constant vector field on R ^n+p , the smooth function is used to obtain a characterization of sphere among compact submanifolds of positive Ricci curvature (cf. main Theorem).      

On a sharp volume estimate for gradient Ricci solitons with scalar curvature bounded below

In this note, we obtain a sharp volume estimate for complete gradient Ricci solitons with scalar curvature bounded below by a positive constant. Using Chen-Yokota’s argument we obtain a local lower bound estimate of the scalar curvature for the Ricci flow on complete manifolds. Consequently, one has a sharp estimate of the scalar curvature for expanding Ricci solitons; we also provide a direct (elliptic) proof of this sharp estimate. Moreover, if the scalar curvature attains its minimum value at some point, then the manifold is Einstein.     

On the scalar curvature of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in space forms

In this paper we study the behavior of the scalar curvature S of a complete hypersurface immersed with constant mean curvature into a Riemannian space form of constant curvature, deriving a sharp estimate for the infimum of S. Our results will be an application of a weak Omori-Yau maximum principle due to Pigola, Rigoli, Setti (2005) [17].     

Conformal vector fields on complete Finsler spaces of constant Ricci curvature

In this work, it is proved that if a complete Finsler manifold of positive constant Ricci curvature admits a solution to a certain ODE, then it is homeomorphic to the n-sphere. Next, a geometric meaning is obtained for solutions of this ODE, which is applicable to Einstein–Randers spaces. Moreover, some results on Finsler spaces admitting a special conformal vector field are obtained.     

Smooth diameter and eigenvalue rigidity in positive Ricci curvature

A recent injectivity radius estimate and previous sphere theorems yield the following smooth diameter sphere theorem for manifolds of positive Ricci curvature: For any given and there exists a positive constant 0$">such that any -dimensional complete Riemannian manifold with Ricci curvature , sectional curvature and diameter is Lipschitz close and diffeomorphic to the standard unit -sphere. A similar statement holds when the diameter is replaced by the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian.

     

Curvature integrals under the Ricci flow on surfaces

In this paper, we consider the behavior of the total absolute and the total curvature under the Ricci flow on complete surfaces with bounded curvature. It is shown that they are monotone non-increasing and constant in time, respectively, if they exist and are finite at the initial time. As a related result, we prove that the asymptotic volume ratio is constant under the Ricci flow with non-negative Ricci curvature, at the end of the paper.      

On the four-dimensional T<Superscript>2</Superscript>-manifolds of positive Ricci curvature

We prove that there is a T ²-invariant Riemannian metric of positive Ricci curvature on every four-dimensional simply connected T ²-manifold.     

Rigidity of compact manifolds with boundary and nonnegative Ricci curvature

Let be an ()-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature and nonempty boundary . Assume that the principal curvatures of are bounded from below by a positive constant . In this paper, we prove that the first nonzero eigenvalue of the Laplacian of acting on functions on satisfies with equality holding if and only if is isometric to an -dimensional Euclidean ball of radius . Some related rigidity theorems for are also proved.

     

Volume entropy based on integral Ricci curvature and volume ratio

For a compact Riemannian manifold M, we obtain an explicit upper bound of the volume entropy with an integral of Ricci curvature on M and a volume ratio between two balls in the universal covering space.     

Greatest lower bounds on Ricci curvature for toric Fano manifolds

In this short note, based on the work of Wang and Zhu (2004) [8], we determine the greatest lower bounds on Ricci curvature for all toric Fano manifolds.     

Immortal solution of the Ricci flow

For any complete noncompact Kahler manifold with nonnegative and bounded holomorphic bisectional curvature, we provide the necessary and sufficient condition for the immortal solution to the Ricci flow.     

A differentiable sphere theorem with positive Ricci curvature and reverse volume pinching

Let Mn be a compact, simply connected n (≥3)-dimensional Riemannian manifold without bound-ary and Sn be the unit sphere Euclidean space Rn+1. We derive a differentiable sphere theorem whenever themanifold concerned satisfies that the sectional curvature KM is not larger than 1, while Ric(M)≥n+2 4 and the volume V (M) is not larger than (1 + η)V (Sn) for some positive number η depending only on n.     

Conformal deformations of prescribing scalar curvature on Riemannian manifolds with negative curvature

We study the conformal deformation for prescribing scalar curvature function on Cartan-Hadamard manifoldM ⁿ (n≥3) with strongly negative curvature. By employing the supersubsolution method and a careful construction for the supersolution, we obtain the best possible asymptotic behavior for near infinity so that the problem of complete conformal deformation is solvable. In more general cases, we prove an asymptotic estimation on the solutions of the conformal scalar curvature equation. Project partially supported by the NNSF of China     

Group-invariant solutions for the Ricci curvature equation and the Einstein equation

We consider the pseudo-Euclidean space $({\mathbb{R}}^n,g)$, $n\ge 3$, with coordinates $x=(x_1,\dots ,x_n)$ and metric $g_{ij}={\delta }_{ij}{?}_i$, ${?}_i=\pm 1$, where at least one ${?}_i$ is positive, and also tensors of the form $A={\sum }_{i,j}{A}_{ij}d{x}_{i}d{x}_j$, such that $A_{ij}$ are differentiable functions of x. For such tensors, we use Lie point symmetries to find metrics $\stackrel{￣}{g}=\frac{1}{u^2}g$ that solve the Ricci curvature and the Einstein equations. We provide a large class of group-invariant solutions and examples of complete metrics $\stackrel{￣}{g}$ defined globally in ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. As consequences, for certain functions $\stackrel{￣}{K}$, we show complete metrics $\stackrel{￣}{g}$, conformal to the pseudo-Euclidean metric g, whose scalar curvature is $\stackrel{￣}{K}$.     

Classification of gradient steady Ricci solitons with linear curvature decay

In this paper,we study steady Ricci solitons with a linear decay of sectional curvature.In particular,we give a complete classification of 3-dimensional steady Ricci solitons and 4-dimensional K-noncollapsed steady Ricci solitons with non-negative sectional curvature under the linear curvature decay.