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The study of stable minimal surfaces in Riemannian $3$-manifolds $(M, g)$ with non-negative scalar curvature has a rich history. In this paper, we prove rigidity of such surfaces when $(M, g)$ is asymptotically flat and has horizon…

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We describe how the spacetime positive energy theorem in dimension $n \geq 4$ follows from our recent work on the Riemannian version of the positive mass theorem. Our proof builds on the fundamental work of Schoen and Yau and the remarkable…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-30 S. Brendle , Y. Wang

We show a spacetime positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat initial data sets with a noncompact boundary. We develop a mass type invariant and a boundary dominant energy condition. Our proof is based on spinors.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-12 Xiaoxiang Chai

In work with P. Chru\'sciel, L. Nguyen and T.-T. Paetz [8], a positive mass theorem was obtained for asymptotically locally hyperbolic manifolds with boundary, having a toroidal end. The proof made use of properties of marginally outer…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Gregory J. Galloway , Tin-Yau Tsang

We present a streamlined, complete proof, valid in arbitrary space dimension $n$, and using only spinors on the oriented Riemannian space $(M^{n};g),$ of the positive energy theorem in General Relativity.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-22 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

In the present paper we have discussed the mechanics of incompressible test bodies moving in Riemannian spaces with non-trivial curvature tensors. For Hamilton's equations of motion the solutions have been obtained in the parametrical form…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Vasyl Kovalchuk , Barbara Gołubowska , Ewa Eliza Rożko

We affirm the rigidity conjecture of the spacetime positive mass theorem in dimensions less than eight. Namely, if an asymptotically flat initial data set satisfies the dominant energy condition and has $E=|P|$, then $E=|P|=0$, where $(E,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-27 Lan-Hsuan Huang , Dan A. Lee

We prove positivity of energy for a class of asymptotically locally hyperbolic manifolds in dimensions $4\le n \le 7$. The result is established by first proving deformation-of-mass-aspect theorems in dimensions $n\ge 4$. Our positivity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-31 Piotr T. Chruściel , Gregory J. Galloway , Luc Nguyen , Tim-Torben Paetz

In this short paper, we review recent progress on the positive mass theorem for spacelike hypersurfaces which approach to null infinity in asymptotically flat spacetimes. We use it to prove, if the functions $c(u, \theta, \psi)$, $d(u,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Xiao Zhang

Away from the central axis, we prove the stability of the Positive Mass Theorem in the $W^{1,p}$ sense for asymptotically flat axisymmetric manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature satisfying some additional technical assumptions. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-18 Edward T. Bryden

A procedure to obtain higher-derivative free massive actions is proposed. It consists in dimensional reduction of conventional two-derivative massless actions, where solutions to constraints bring in higher derivatives. We apply this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Euihun Joung , Karapet Mkrtchyan

In this paper we prove two theorems. The first one is a structure result that describes the extrinsic geometry of an embedded surface with constant mean curvature (possibly zero) in a homogeneously regular Riemannian three-manifold, in any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-10 William H. Meeks , Joaquín Pérez , Antonio Ros

This article establishes a low-regularity Riemannian positive mass theorem for non-spin manifolds whose metrics are only $C^0 \cap W_{\mathrm{loc}}^{1,n}$ and smooth outside a compact set. The main theorem asserts that asymptotically flat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Eduardo Hafemann

Building upon dimension reduction techniques in the study of positive scalar curvature (PSC) geometry, we prove an effective version of the positive mass theorem (PMT) for asymptotically flat (AF) manifolds of dimension $n\leq 8$ with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Shihang He , Yuguang Shi , Haobin Yu

We provide new structural results on sets of positive reach in Euclidean spaces and Riemannian manifolds.

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Probability mass curves the data space with horizons. Let f be a multivariate probability density function with continuous second order partial derivatives. Consider the problem of estimating the true value of f(z) > 0 at a single point z,…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-06 Carlos C. Rodriguez

Built on a recent work of Almaraz, Barbosa, de Lima on positive mass theorems on asymptotically flat manifods with a noncompact boundary, we apply free boundary minimal surface techniques to prove their positive mass theorem and study the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-16 Xiaoxiang Chai

We describe how the Schoen-Yau proof of the positive mass theorem can be extended to arbitrary dimensions. To overcome the problem of singularities, we propose a new inductive scheme. To carry out the inductive step, we use a combination of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-21 S. Brendle , Y. Wang

We consider complete asymptotically flat Riemannian manifolds that are the graphs of smooth functions over $\mathbb R^n$. By recognizing the scalar curvature of such manifolds as a divergence, we express the ADM mass as an integral of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-10-21 Mau-Kwong George Lam

W. Simon proved a conformal positive mass theorem, which was used to prove uniqueness of black holes later. In this note, we will generalize Simon's conformal positive mass theorem in two directions. First we will consider spacetime version…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-22 Luen-Fai Tam , Qizhi Wang