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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…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Sergio Almaraz , Shaodong Wang

The parametrization theorem is derived in a flat nD pseudo-complex affine space. The pseudo-complex hyperbolic space accomodates n-number of uncompactified time-like extra dimensions with sugnature (s,r), where s and r are the numbers of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-03-02 Minh Q. Truong

The Positive Mass Conjecture states that any complete asymptotically flat manifold of nonnnegative scalar curvature has nonnegative mass. Moreover, the equality case of the Positive Mass Conjecture states that in the above situation, if the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dan A. Lee

We give a short review of recent progress on the positive energy theorem in general relativity, especially for spacetimes with nonzero cosmological constant.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-22 Xiao Zhang

This work considers positive energy theorems in asymptotically, locally AdS spacetimes. Particular attention is given to spacetimes where conformal infinity has compact, Einstein cross-sections admitting Killing or parallel spinors; a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-19 Virinchi Rallabhandi

We derive a positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds with boundary whose mean curvature satisfies a sharp estimate involving the conformal Green's function. The theorem also holds if the conformal Green's function is replaced…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-06-17 Sven Hirsch , Pengzi Miao

We extend the validity of Brill's axisymmetric positive energy theorem to all asymptotically flat initial data sets with positive scalar curvature on simply connected manifolds.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Piotr T. Chrusciel

Motivated by the recent progress on positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds with arbitrary ends and the Gromov's definition of scalar curvature lower bound for continuous metrics, we start a program on the positive mass…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Jianchun Chu , Man-Chun Lee , Jintian Zhu

We define the total energy-momenta for (4+1)-dimensional asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes, and prove the positive energy theorem for such spacetimes.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-02 Yaohua Wang , Xu Xu

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 argue that the total observable entropy is bounded by the inverse of the cosmological constant. This holds for all space-times with a positive cosmological constant, including cosmologies dominated by ordinary matter, and recollapsing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Raphael Bousso

We study a class of non-smooth asymptotically flat manifolds on which metrics fails to be $C^1$ across a hypersurface $\Sigma$. We first give an approximation scheme to mollify the metric, then we prove that the Positive Mass Theorem still…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Pengzi Miao

Motivated by the important work of Brown adn York on quasilocal energy, we propose definitions of quasilocal energy and momentum surface energy of a spacelike 2-surface with positive intrinsic curvature in a spacetime. We show that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu , Shing-Tung Yau

We present a rigorous proof of the Spacetime Penrose Inequality relating the ADM mass to the area of trapped surfaces in asymptotically flat initial data sets satisfying the dominant energy condition. The main theorem establishes that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-01 Da Xu

We consider 3+1 rotationally symmetric Lorentzian Einstein spacetime manifolds with $\Lambda >0$ and reduce the equations to 2+1 Einstein equations coupled to `shifted' wave maps. Subsequently, we prove various (explicit) positive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-23 Nishanth Gudapati

It is shown by very simple arguments that the observed 3+1 dimensionality of spacetime may be understood on the basis of four fundamental principles of physics namely, Causality, General Covariance, Gauge Invariance and Renormalizability.…

General Physics · Physics 2013-03-25 Rajat K. Pradhan

The positive mass theorem is one of the fundamental results in general relativity. It states that, assuming the dominant energy condition, the total mass of an asymptotically flat spacetime is non-negative. The Penrose inequality provides a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-25 Po-Ning Chen

We extend Brill's positive mass theorem to a large class of asymptotically flat, maximal, $U(1)^2$-invariant initial data sets on simply connected four dimensional manifolds $\Sigma$. Moreover, we extend the local mass angular momenta…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-20 Aghil Alaee , Hari K. Kunduri

This paper deals with quasi-local isoperimetric versions of the positive mass theorem on $3$-manifolds endowed with continuous complete metrics having nonnegative scalar curvature in a suitable weak sense. As a corollary, we derive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Gioacchino Antonelli , Mattia Fogagnolo , Stefano Nardulli , Marco Pozzetta

The positive mass theorem states that the total mass of a complete asymptotically flat manifold with non-negative scalar curvature is non-negative; moreover, the total mass equals zero if and only if the manifold is isometric to the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-07-22 Armando J. Cabrera Pacheco