In this note, we complete the classification of the geometry of noncompact two-dimensional gradient Ricci solitons. As a consequence, we obtain two corollaries: First, a complete two-dimensional gradient Ricci soliton has bounded curvature. Second, we give examples of complete two-dimensional expanding Ricci solitons with negative curvature that are topologically disks and are not hyperbolic space.
Given a projective structure on a surface N , we show how to canonically construct a neutral signature Einstein metric with non-zero scalar curvature as well as a symplectic form on the total space M of a certain rank 2 affine bundle M → N . The Einstein metric has anti-self-dual conformal curvature and admits a parallel field of anti-self-dual planes. We show that locally every such metric arises from our construction unless it is conformally flat. The homogeneous Einstein metric corresponding to the flat projective structure on RP 2 is the non-compact real form of the Fubini-Study metric on M = SL(3, R)/GL(2, R). We also show how our construction relates to a certain gauge-theoretic equation introduced by Calderbank.
We show that on a surface locally every affine torsion-free connection is
projectively equivalent to a Weyl connection. First, this is done using
exterior differential system theory. Second, this is done by showing that the
solutions of the relevant PDE are in one-to-one correspondence with the
sections of the `twistor' bundle of conformal inner products having holomorphic
image. The second solution allows to use standard results in algebraic geometry
to show that the Weyl connections on the two-sphere whose geodesics are the
great circles are in one-to-one correspondence with the smooth quadrics without
real points in the complex projective plane.Comment: 15 pages. Final versio
Let (M,g) be an oriented Riemannian manifold of dimension at least 3 and X a
vector field on M. We show that the Monge-Amp\`ere differential system (M.A.S.)
for X-pseudosoliton hypersurfaces on (M,g) is equivalent to the minimal
hypersurface M.A.S. on (M,g') for some Riemannian metric g', if and only if X
is the gradient of a function u, in which case g'=exp(-2u)g. Counterexamples to
this equivalence for surfaces are also given.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figur
We introduce a new family of thermostat flows on the unit tangent bundle of an oriented Riemannian two-manifold. Suitably reparametrised, these flows include the geodesic flow of metrics of negative Gauss curvature and the geodesic flow induced by the Hilbert metric on the quotient surface of divisible convex sets. We show that the family of flows can be parametrised in terms of certain weighted holomorphic differentials and investigate their properties. In particular, we prove that they admit a dominated splitting and we identify special cases in which the flows are Anosov. In the latter case, we study when they admit an invariant measure in the Lebesgue class and the regularity of the weak foliations.
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