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Self-Dual Manifolds with Positive Ricci Curvature

Claude LeBrun, Shin Nayatani, Takashi Nitta

dg-gaarXiv:dg-ga/9411001

Abstract

We prove that the connected sums CP2 # CP2 and CP2 # CP2 # CP2 admit self-dual metrics with positive Ricci curvature. Moreover, every self-dual metric of positive scalar curvature on CP2 # CP2 is conformal to a metric with positive Ricci curvature.

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