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On the Isoperimetric Riemannian Penrose Inequality

Differential Geometry 2024-11-21 v5 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We prove that the Riemannian Penrose Inequality holds for Asymptotically Flat 33-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and connected horizon boundary, provided the optimal decay assumptions are met, which result in the ADM\mathrm{ADM} mass being a well-defined geometric invariant. Our proof builds on a novel interplay between the Hawking mass and a potential-theoretic version of it, recently introduced by Agostiniani, Oronzio and the third named author. As a consequence, we establish the equality between ADM\mathrm{ADM} mass and Huisken's Isoperimetric mass under the above sharp assumptions. Moreover, we establish a Riemannian Penrose Inequality in terms of the Isoperimetric mass on any 33-manifold with nonnegative scalar curvature, connected horizon boundary, and which supports a well-posed notion of weak Inverse Mean Curvature Flow. In particular, such Isoperimetric Riemannian Penrose Inequality does not require the asymptotic flatness of the manifold. The argument is based on a new asymptotic comparison result involving Huisken's Isoperimetric mass and the Hawking mass.

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@article{arxiv.2212.10215,
  title  = {On the Isoperimetric Riemannian Penrose Inequality},
  author = {Luca Benatti and Mattia Fogagnolo and Lorenzo Mazzieri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.10215},
  year   = {2024}
}