
Asymptotically cylindrical Ricci-flat manifolds play a key role in constructing Topological Quantum Field Theories. It is particularly important to understand their behavior at the cylindrical ends and the natural restrictions on the geometry. In this paper we show that an orientable, connected, asymptotically cylindrical manifold(M,g)(M,g)with Ricci-flat metricggcan have at most two cylindrical ends. In the case where there are two such cylindrical ends, then there is reduction in the holonomy group Hol(g)(g)and(M,g)(M,g)is a cylinder.
Mathematics - Differential Geometry, 53C29, 58J05, Mathematics - Geometric Topology, Differential Geometry (math.DG), FOS: Mathematics, Geometric Topology (math.GT)
Mathematics - Differential Geometry, 53C29, 58J05, Mathematics - Geometric Topology, Differential Geometry (math.DG), FOS: Mathematics, Geometric Topology (math.GT)
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