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In this paper, we study gravitational instantons (i.e., complete hyperkähler 4‑manifolds with faster than quadratic curvature decay). We prove three main theorems: (1) Any gravitational instanton must have one of the following known ends: ALE, ALF, ALG, and ALH. (2) In the ALG and ALH non-splitting cases, it must be biholomorphic to a compact complex elliptic surface minus a divisor. Thus, we confirm a long-standing question of Yau in the ALG and ALH cases. (3) In the ALF‑D_k case, it must have an O(4)‑multiplet.

Let$L$be a formally selfadjoint differential operator and$p$a real-valued function, both on$a$≤$x$<∞. The deficiency indices are the numbers of solutions of$Lu$=λ$pu$for Im λ>0 and for Im λ<0 which have a certain regularity at$x$=∞. (A) If$p(x)$≥0 this regularity means that the integral of$p(x)$│$u$│^{2}converges at infinity. (B) If$p$changes its sign for arbitrarily large values of$x$but$L$has a positive definite Dirichlet integral it is natural to relate the regularity to this integral. Weyl’s classical study of the deficiency indices is reviewed for (A) with the help of elementary theory of quadratic forms. Individual bounds are found for the deficiency indices also when$L$is of odd order. It is then indicated how the method carriers over to (B).

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