Geometric Analysis Seminar

Bo YangCornell University
Shrinking Ricci solitons and positive sectional curvature

Friday, September 2, 2016 - 2:25pm
Malott 406

We present a recent result of Munteanu-Wang. It states that there are no complete noncompact shrinking Ricci solitons with positive sectional curvature. We also review previous examples of Kaehler-Ricci solitons due to Cao, Koiso, Feldman-Ilmanen-Knopf.