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We show the following two extensions of the standard positive mass theorem (one for either sign): Let (N,g) and (N,g') be asymptotically flat Riemannian 3-manifolds with compact interior and finite mass, such that g and g' are twice Hoelder…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Walter Simon

Using the recent work of Brendle--Wang on the Riemannian positive mass theorem, we prove the spacetime positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat and asymptotically hyperboloidal initial data sets in arbitrary dimensions.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Sven Hirsch , Marcus Khuri , Martin Lesourd , Yiyue Zhang

The Positive Mass Theorem states that a complete asymptotically flat manifold of nonnegative scalar curvature has nonnegative mass. The Riemannian Penrose inequality provides a sharp lower bound for the mass when black holes are present.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Hubert L. Bray , Dan A. Lee

We showed a positive energy theorem for asymptotically flat initial data sets with the concept of spectral PSC by He-Shi-Yu, Bi-Hao-He-Shi-Zhu and Brendle-Wang; and the Jang equation in Schoen-Yau, Eichmair and Jang. Then, we proved a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Tin-Yau Tsang

Asymptotically flat static causal fermion systems are introduced. Their total mass is defined as a limit of surface layer integrals which compare the measures describing the asymptotically flat spacetime and a vacuum spacetime near spatial…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-10-13 Felix Finster , Andreas Platzer

In this paper, we want to prove positive mass theorems for ALF and ALG manifolds with model spaces $\mathbb R^{n-1}\times \mathbb S^1$ and $\mathbb R^{n-2}\times \mathbb T^2$ respectively in dimensions no greater than $7$ (Theorem…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-24 Peng Liu , Yuguang Shi , Jintian Zhu

We prove the spacetime positive mass theorem in dimensions less than eight. This theorem states that for any asymptotically flat initial data set satisfying the dominant energy condition, the ADM energy-momentum vector $(E,P)$ of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-24 Michael Eichmair , Lan-Hsuan Huang , Dan A. Lee , Richard Schoen

A positive mass theorem for General Relativity Theory is proved. The proof is 4-dimensional in nature, and relies completely on arguments pertaining to causal structure, the basic idea being that positive energy-density focuses null…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-03 R. Penrose , R. D. Sorkin , E. Woolgar

We prove the uniqueness theorem for self-gravitating non-linear sigma-models in higher dimensional spacetime. Applying the positive mass theorem we show that Schwarzschild-Tagherlini spacetime is the only maximally extended, static…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Marek Rogatko

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact conformally flat manifold of dimension $n\geq4$ with positive scalar curvature. According to a positive mass theorem by Schoen and Yau, the constant term in the development of the Green function of the conformal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-02-21 Pierre Jammes

Given a conformal metric with finite total Q-curvature, we show that the assumptions on scalar curvature sensitively govern the Q-curvature integral. Additionally, we introduce a conformal mass for such manifolds. Using such mass, we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Mingxiang Li

Physicists believe, with some justification, that there should be a correspondence between familiar properties of Newtonian gravity and properties of solutions of the Einstein equations. The Positive Mass Theorem (PMT), first proved over…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Robert Bartnik

A new inequality for a nonlinear surface layer integral is proved for minimizers of causal variational principles. This inequality is applied to obtain a new proof of the positive mass theorem with volume constraint. Next, a positive mass…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-03 Felix Finster , Niky Kamran

The rigidity of the positive mass theorem states that the only complete asymptotically flat manifold of nonnegative scalar curvature and zero mass is Euclidean space. We prove a corresponding stability theorem for spaces that can be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Lan-Hsuan Huang , Dan A. Lee

We obtain an integral inequality for asymptotically linear harmonic functions on asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with noncompact boundary, which implies positivity of a convex combination of ADM masses of two conformally related metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Alex Freire , Mohammad Tariquel Islam

We prove a harmonic asymptotics density theorem for asymptotically flat initial data sets with compact boundary that satisfy the dominant energy condition. We use this to settle the spacetime positive mass theorem, with rigidity, for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-14 Dan A. Lee , Martin Lesourd , Ryan Unger

We prove a positive mass theorem for $n$-dimensional asymptotically flat manifolds with a non-compact boundary if either $3\leq n\leq 7$ or if $n\geq 3$ and the manifold is spin. This settles, for this class of manifolds, a question posed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-07-03 Sergio Almaraz , Ezequiel Barbosa , Levi Lopes de Lima

We study the stability of the Positive Mass Theorem using the Intrinsic Flat Distance. In particular we consider the class of complete asymptotically flat rotationally symmetric Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and no…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Dan A. Lee , Christina Sormani

We formulate and prove a positive mass theorem for n-dimensional spin manifolds whose metrics have only the Sobolev regularity $C^0 \cap W^{1,n}$. At this level of regularity, the curvature of the metric is defined in the distributional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-20 Dan A. Lee , Philippe G. LeFloch

We prove a positive mass theorem for complete K\"ahler manifolds that are asymptotic to the complex hyperbolic space.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-03 Vincent Minerbe , Daniel Maerten