Remarks on scalar curvature of Yamabe solitons

In this article, we consider the scalar curvature of Yamabe solitons. In particular, we show that, with natural conditions and non-positive Ricci curvature, any complete Yamabe soliton has constant scalar curvature, namely, it is a Yamabe metric. We also show that a complete non-compact Yamabe soliton with the quadratic decay at infinity of its Ricci curvature has non-negative scalar curvature. A new proof of Kazdan?CWarner condition is also presented.     

On the Potential Function of Gradient Steady Ricci Solitons

In this paper, we study the potential function of gradient steady Ricci solitons. We prove that the infimum of the potential function decays linearly. As a consequence, we show that a gradient steady Ricci soliton with bounded potential function must be trivial, and that no gradient steady Ricci soliton admits uniformly positive scalar curvature.     

The classification of locally conformally flat Yamabe solitons

This paper addresses the classification of locally conformally flat gradient Yamabe solitons. In the first part it is shown that locally conformally flat gradient Yamabe solitons with positive sectional curvature are rotationally symmetric. In the second part the classification of all radially symmetric gradient Yamabe solitons is given and their correspondence to smooth self-similar solutions of the fast diffusion equation on Rⁿ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ is shown. In the last section it is shown that any eternal solution to the Yamabe flow with positive Ricci curvature and with the scalar curvature attaining an interior space–time maximum must be a steady Yamabe soliton.     

Steady Ricci solitons with horizontally ε-pinched Ricci curvature

In this paper,we prove that any κ-noncollapsed gradient steady Ricci soliton with nonnegative curvature operator and horizontally κ-pinched Ricci curvature must be rotationally symmetric.As an application,we show that any κ-noncollapsed gradient steady Ricci soliton(Mn,g,f) with nonnegative curvature operator must be rotationally symmetric if it admits a unique equilibrium point and its scalar curvature R(x) satisfies lim_(ρ(x)→∞) R(x)f(x)=C_0 sup_(x∈M) R(x) with C_0n-2/2.     

Bach-flat gradient steady Ricci solitons

In this paper we prove that any n-dimensional (n ≥ 4) complete Bach-flat gradient steady Ricci soliton with positive Ricci curvature is isometric to the Bryant soliton. We also show that a three-dimensional gradient steady Ricci soliton with divergence-free Bach tensor is either flat or isometric to the Bryant soliton. In particular, these results improve the corresponding classification theorems for complete locally conformally flat gradient steady Ricci solitons in Cao and Chen (Trans Am Math Soc 364:2377–2391, 2012) and Catino and Mantegazza (Ann Inst Fourier 61(4):1407–1435, 2011).     

Evolution equation of the Gauss curvature under hypersurface flows and its applications

In this paper, we derive evolution equation of the integral of the Gauss curvature on an evolving hypersurface. As an application, we obtain a monotone quantity on the level surface of the potential function on a 3-dimensional steady gradient Ricci soliton with positive sectional curvature, and prove that such a soliton is rotationally symmetric outside of a compact set under a curvature decaying assumption. Along the way we will also apply our evolution equation to some other cases.     

On complete Finslerian Yamabe solitons

Here it is shown that any Finslerian compact Yamabe soliton with bounded above scalar curvature is of constant scalar curvature. Furthermore, this extension of Yamabe solitons is developed for inequalities and among the others, it is proved that a forward complete non-compact shrinking Yamabe soliton has finite fundamental group and its first cohomology group vanishes, providing the scalar curvature is strictly bounded above.     

Rigidity of Riemannian manifolds with positive scalar curvature

For the Bach-flat closed manifold with positive scalar curvature, we prove a rigidity theorem involving the Weyl curvature and the traceless Ricci curvature. Moreover, we provide a similar rigidity result with respect to the \(L^{\frac{n}{2}}\)-norm of the Weyl curvature, the traceless Ricci curvature, and the Yamabe invariant. In particular, we also obtain rigidity results in terms of the Euler–Poincaré characteristic.     

Ricci and Yamabe solitons on second-order symmetric,and plane wave 4-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds

We show that a proper second-order symmetric spacetime, and four-dimensional Lorentzian plane wave manifolds admit different vector fields resulting in expanding, steady and shrinking Ricci and Yamabe solitons. Moreover, it is proved that those Ricci and Yamabe solitons are gradient only in the steady case.     

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.     

Smoothing out positively curved metric cones by Ricci expanders

We investigate the possibility of desingularizing a positively curved metric cone by an expanding gradient Ricci soliton with positive curvature operator. This amounts to study the deformation of such geometric structures. As a consequence, we prove that the moduli space of conical positively curved gradient Ricci expanders is connected.     

Compact gradient shrinking Ricci solitons with positive curvature operator

In this article, we first derive several identities on a compact shrinking Ricci soliton. We then show that a compact gradient shrinking soliton must be Einstein, if it admits a Riemannian metric with positive curvature operator and satisfies an integral inequality. Furthermore, such a soliton must be of constant curvature.     

The modified Yamabe problem and geometry of modified scalar curvatures

Study of modified scalar curvatures and the modified Yamabe problem is given. An existence theorem of type of Trudinger and Aubin is obtained. Interpreting Isotropic curvature as a certain modified scalar curvature we can extend the four-dimensional sphere theorem of [23]. Another modified scalar curvature is used in solving open problems concerning the conjecture of self-dual Einstein 4-manifold and the Goldberg conjecture, both being under negative Ricci condition.     

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.     

Generalized quasi-Einstein manifolds with harmonic Weyl tensor

In this paper we introduce the notion of generalized quasi-Einstein manifold that generalizes the concepts of Ricci soliton, Ricci almost soliton and quasi-Einstein manifolds. We prove that a complete generalized quasi-Einstein manifold with harmonic Weyl tensor and with zero radial Weyl curvature is locally a warped product with (n ? 1)-dimensional Einstein fibers. In particular, this implies a local characterization for locally conformally flat gradient Ricci almost solitons, similar to that proved for gradient Ricci solitons.     

On the essential spectrum of complete non-compact manifolds

In this paper, we prove that the Lp essential spectra of the Laplacian on functions are [0,+∞) on a non-compact complete Riemannian manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature at infinity. The similar method applies to gradient shrinking Ricci soliton, which is similar to non-compact manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature in many ways.     

On the $h$-Almost Yamabe Soliton

We introduce the concept $h$-almost Yamabe soliton which extends naturally the almost Yamabe soliton by Barbosa-Ribeiro and obtain some rigidity results concerning $h$-almost Yamabe solitons. Some condition for a compact $h$-almost Yamabe soliton to be a gradient soliton is also obtained. Finally, we give some characterizations for a special class of gradient $h$-almost Yamabe solitons.     

The conjugate heat equation and Ancient solutions of the Ricci flow

We prove Gaussian type bounds for the fundamental solution of the conjugate heat equation evolving under the Ricci flow. As a consequence, for dimension 4 and higher, we show that the backward limit of Type I κ-solutions of the Ricci flow must be a non-flat gradient shrinking Ricci soliton. This extends Perelman?s previous result on backward limits of κ-solutions in dimension 3, in which case the curvature operator is nonnegative (it follows from Hamilton–Ivey curvature pinching estimate). As an application, this also addresses an issue left in Naber (2010) [23], where Naber proves the interesting result that there exists a Type I dilation limit that converges to a gradient shrinking Ricci soliton, but that soliton might be flat. The Gaussian bounds that we obtain on the fundamental solution of the conjugate heat equation under evolving metric might be of independent interest.     

Conformally Flat Algebraic Ricci Solitons on Lie Groups

The paper is devoted to the study of conformally flat Lie groups with left-invariant (pseudo) Riemannianmetric of an algebraic Ricci soliton. Previously conformally flat algebraic Ricci solitons on Lie groups have been studied in the case of small dimension and under an additional diagonalizability condition on the Ricci operator. The present paper continues these studies without the additional requirement that the Ricci operator be diagonalizable. It is proved that any nontrivial conformally flat algebraic Ricci soliton on a Lie group must be steady and have Ricci operator of Segrè type {(1... 1 2)} with a unique eigenvalue (equal to 0).     

Rigidity of shrinking Ricci solitons

We show that a compact Ricci soliton is rigid if and only if the Weyl conformal tensor is harmonic. In the complete noncompact case we prove the same result assuming that the curvature tensor has at most exponential growth and the Ricci tensor is bounded from below.