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Area-minimizing surfaces in asymptotically flat three-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2015-10-27 v1

Abstract

We show that an asymptotically flat Riemannian three-manifold with non-negative scalar curvature is isometric to flat R3\mathbb{R}^3 if it admits an unbounded area-minimizing surface. This answers a question of R. Schoen.

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@article{arxiv.1510.07406,
  title  = {Area-minimizing surfaces in asymptotically flat three-manifolds},
  author = {Otis Chodosh and Michael Eichmair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.07406},
  year   = {2015}
}

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