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A Green's function proof of the Positive Mass Theorem

Differential Geometry 2023-06-07 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

In this paper, a new proof of the Positive Mass Theorem is established through a newly discovered monotonicity formula, holding along the level sets of the Green's function of an asymptotically flat 33-manifold. In the same context and for 1<p<31<p<3, a Geroch-type calculation is performed along the level sets of pp-harmonic functions, leading to a new proof of the Riemannian Penrose Inequality under favourable assumptions. A new characterisation of scalar curvature lower bounds in terms of the monotonicity formulas is also given.

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@article{arxiv.2108.08402,
  title  = {A Green's function proof of the Positive Mass Theorem},
  author = {V. Agostiniani and L. Mazzieri and F. Oronzio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.08402},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

This version contains a new session regarding the small sphere limits

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