On dimension reduction in the Kähler-Ricci flow

Huai-Dong Cao

Published 2003-02-11Version 1

We consider dimension reduction for solutions of the K\"ahler-Ricci flow with nonegative bisectional curvature. When the complex dimension $n=2$, we prove an optimal dimension reduction theorem for complete translating K\"ahler-Ricci solitons with nonnegative bisectional curvature. We also prove a general dimension reduction theorem for complete ancient solutions of the K\"ahler-Ricci flow with nonnegative bisectional curvature on noncompact complex manifolds under a finiteness assumption on the Chern number $c^n_1$.