Classification of gradient steady Ricci solitons with linear curvature decay

Abstract

In this paper, we give a description for steady Ricci solitons with a linear decay of sectional curvature. In particular, we classify all 3-dimensional steady Ricci solitons and 4-dimensional $\kappa$-noncollpased steady Ricci solitons with nonnegative sectional curvature under the linear curvature decay.