Abstract:In this article, we explore to what extent the geometry of gradient Ricci solitons can be carried over to the geometry of non-gradient Ricci solitons. We use energy function $E$ of the soliton as a tool to study this. We use Omori-Yau maximum principle to investigate the bounds on the energy function. One of the main results obtained is that a non-steady Ricci soliton with symmetric covariant derivative is gradient. We explore non-gradient Ricci solitons of constant scalar curvature. We prove a weighted $L^1$-Liouville type theorem with respect to the energy function under mild assumptions on the scalar curvature. Finally, we show that measure $e^{-E} d \mathrm{Vol}_{g}$ for complete shrinking Ricci soliton is finite, partially generalizing a result by Aaron Naber. Subsequently, this implies that nongradient shrinking Ricci solitons also have finite fundamental groups similar to their gradient counterparts.
From: Hemangi Shah [view email]
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