Four-Dimensional Steady Gradient Ricci Solitons with $3$-Cylindrical Tangent Flows at Infinity

In this paper we consider 4-dimensional steady soliton singularity models, i.e., complete steady gradient Ricci solitons that arise as the rescaled limit of a finite time singular solution of the Ricci flow on a closed 4-manifold. In particular, we study the geometry at infinity of such Ricci solitons under the assumption that their tangent flow at infinity is the product of R with a 3-dimensional spherical space form. We also classify the tangent flows at infinity of 4-dimensional steady soliton singularity models in general.

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