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A positive mass theorem for non-smooth metrics on asymptotically flat manifolds with non-compact boundary

Differential Geometry 2025-06-26 v1

Abstract

On a smooth asymptotically flat Riemannian manifold with non-compact boundary, we prove a positive mass theorem for metrics which are only continuous across a compact hypersurface. As an application, we obtain a positive mass theorem on manifolds with non-compact corners.

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@article{arxiv.2506.20453,
  title  = {A positive mass theorem for non-smooth metrics on asymptotically flat manifolds with non-compact boundary},
  author = {Sergio Almaraz and Shaodong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.20453},
  year   = {2025}
}