Rotational symmetry of complete shrinking gradient Yamabe solitons

Abstract

In this paper, we show that any nontrivial complete shrinking gradient Yamabe soliton whose scalar curvature is bounded below by the soliton constant everywhere and is strictly greater than the constant at some point is rotationally symmetric. This assumption is optimal for higher dimensions. This result resolves the Yamabe-soliton analogue of Perelman's conjecture.