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A generalized mass involving higher order symmetric function of the curvature tensor

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-10-14 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We define a generalized mass for asymptotically flat manifolds using some higher order symmetric function of the curvature tensor. This mass is non-negative when the manifold is locally conformally flat and the σk\sigma_k curvature vanishes at infinity. In addition, with the above assumptions, if the mass is zero, then, near infinity, the manifold is isometric to a Euclidean end.

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@article{arxiv.1211.3676,
  title  = {A generalized mass involving higher order symmetric function of the curvature tensor},
  author = {YanYan Li and Luc Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.3676},
  year   = {2014}
}

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