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Green function rigidity and the mass of hypersurfaces under inversion

Differential Geometry 2026-03-24 v2

Abstract

This is a sequel to arXiv:2401.02087. We prove the Green function rigidity conjecture in arXiv:2401.02087 for conformal Laplacian in dimension n3n\geq 3. For the Paneitz operator, we prove the Green function rigidity conjecture when n4k+2,k2n\neq 4k+2, k\geq 2. Important ingredients in our proof are the positive mass theorem and the positive energy theorem for Paneitz operator. As a byproduct, we also obtain a new formula for the ADM mass of an asymptotically flat hypersurface that allows for a non-entire graph.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2501.15805,
  title  = {Green function rigidity and the mass of hypersurfaces under inversion},
  author = {Xuezhang Chen and Jiaxue Gan and Yalong Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.15805},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

32 pages, no figures. We now solved the Green function rigidity conjecture for conformal Laplacian in all dimensions $n\geq 3$. The Paneitz operator case is also partially solved. Comments are welcome!

R2 v1 2026-06-28T21:18:59.288Z