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ADM mass for $C^0$ metrics and distortion under Ricci-DeTurck flow

Differential Geometry 2025-03-03 v3

Abstract

We show that there exists a quantity, depending only on C0C^0 data of a Riemannian metric, that agrees with the usual ADM mass at infinity whenever the ADM mass exists, but has a well-defined limit at infinity for any continuous Riemannian metric that is asymptotically flat in the C0C^0 sense and has nonnegative scalar curvature in the sense of Ricci flow. Moreover, the C0C^0 mass at infinity is independent of choice of C0C^0-asymptotically flat coordinate chart, and the C0C^0 local mass has controlled distortion under Ricci-DeTurck flow when coupled with a suitably evolving test function.

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@article{arxiv.2208.14550,
  title  = {ADM mass for $C^0$ metrics and distortion under Ricci-DeTurck flow},
  author = {Paula Burkhardt-Guim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.14550},
  year   = {2025}
}

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v3: 59 pages. Journal version