Curvature decompositions on Einstein four-manifolds

Abstract

For Einstein four-manifolds with positive scalar curvature, we derive relations among various positivity conditions on the curvature tensor, some of which are of great importance in the study of the Ricci flow. These relations suggest possible new ideas to study the well-known rigidity conjecture for positively curved Einstein four-manifolds.

This is a part of the author's Ph.D. thesis at University of California, Santa Barbara in 2012