arXiv research

New formula shows how causal vectors relate to mass-minimizing data.

By Federer and Fleming there exist at least one mass-minimizing normal current in every real-valued homology class of a Riemannian manifold. However the regularity of the mass-minimizing currents and their distributions may generally be quite complicated. In this paper we shall study how to construct nice metrics so th…

A theorem simplifies mass-minimizing flat chains' regularity.

Paper defines Bartnik mass for hyperbolic extensions and proves staticity.

The Bartnik mass is a notion of quasi-local mass which is remarkably difficult to compute. Mantoulidis and Schoen [2016] developed a novel technique to construct asymptotically flat extensions of minimal Bartnik data in such a way that the ADM mass of these extensions is well-controlled, and thus, they were able to com…

New cones in 4D space found with minimal mass.

The paper explores stable surfaces in Einstein-Maxwell theory, proving mass bounds and nonexistence results.

Given a Riemannian 3-ball $(\bar B, g)$ of non-negative scalar curvature, Bartnik conjectured that $(\bar B, g)$ admits an asymptotically flat (AF) extension (without horizons) of the least possible ADM mass, and that such a mass-minimizer is an AF solution to the static vacuum Einstein equations, uniquely determined b…

In this article, we survey recent developments in defining the quasi-local mass in general relativity. We discuss various approaches and the properties and applications of the different definitions. Among the expected properties, we focus on the rigidity property: for a surface in the Minkowski spacetime, one expects t…

Study on stellar models' topology and mass using minimal surfaces.

For an admissible class of smooth compact initial data sets with boundary, we prove a comparison theorem between the Wang/Liu-Yau quasi-local mass of the boundary and the Hawking mass of strictly minimizing hulls in the Jang graphs of the domain. Using this, we prove a quasi-local Penrose inequality that involves these…

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 existence of positive scalar curvature metrics with mean convex boundary on a con…

Minimal networks minimize length and mass in certain configurations.

We bound the locations of outermost minimal surfaces in geometrostatic manifolds whose ADM mass is small relative to the separation between the black holes and prove the Intrinsic Flat Stability of the Positive Mass Theorem in this setting.

In this paper we present upper bounds on the minimal mass of a non-trivial stationary 1-cycle. The results that we obtain are valid for all closed Riemannian manifolds. The first result is that the minimal mass of a stationary 1-cycle on a closed n-dimensional Riemannian manifold M^n is bounded from above by (n+2)!d/3,…

The paper studies nonlinear mass concepts in 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.

The paper solves a partial Plateau problem using $H$-mass.

We prove the Riemannian Penrose conjecture, an important case of a conjecture made by Roger Penrose in 1973, by defining a new flow of metrics. This flow of metrics stays inside the class of asymptotically flat Riemannian 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature which contain minimal spheres. In particular, if we …

Investigates convexity of minimizers under mass constraint using nonlocal perimeter and potential.

We introduce Minimal Achievable Sufficient Statistic (MASS) Learning, a training method for machine learning models that attempts to produce minimal sufficient statistics with respect to a class of functions (e.g. deep networks) being optimized over. In deriving MASS Learning, we also introduce Conserved Differential I…

Mantoulidis and Schoen developed a novel technique to handcraft asymptotically flat extensions of Riemannian manifolds $(Σ\cong \mathbb{S}^2,g)$, with $g$ satisfying $λ_1 = λ_1(-Δ_g + K(g))>0$, where $λ_1$ is the first eigenvalue of the operator $-Δ_g+K(g)$ and $K(g)$ is the Gaussian curvature of $g$, with control on t…

Study on fractional mass for codimension-two currents, proving equi-coercivity and Γ-convergence.

Paper proves rigidity of 3-manifolds with boundary using modified Hawking mass.

Sharp stability in Almgren problem solved in any dimension.

The Bartnik mass is a quasi-local mass tailored to asymptotically flat Riemannian manifolds with non-negative scalar curvature. From the perspective of general relativity, these model time-symmetric domains obeying the dominant energy condition without a cosmological constant. There is a natural analogue of the Bartnik…

We derive the Riemannian Positive Mass theorem in arbitrary dimensions, without any topological constraints. The main new tools are skin structures and surgeries on minimal hypersurfaces.

Study metrics with specific spectral properties to compute Bartnik and Bartnik-Bray masses efficiently.

Proves effective positive mass theorem for AF manifolds and singular spaces.

We prove a mass-angular momentum-charge inequality for a broad class of maximal, asymptotically flat, bi-axisymmetric initial data within the context of five-dimensional minimal supergravity. We further show that the charged Myers-Perry black hole initial data are the unique minimizers. In addition, we establish a rigi…

Study on ALH manifolds with boundary, showing surjectivity of scalar curvature map and mass rigidity.

We derive the Space-Time Positive Mass theorem in arbitrary dimensions, without topological constraints. The main new tools are skin structures and surgeries on minimal and marginally outer trapped hypersurfaces.

The paper studies how to extend local calibration pairs to global ones in various situations. As a result, new discoveries involving mass-minimizing properties are exhibited. In particular, we show that a $\mathbb R$-homologically nontrivial connected submanifold $M$ of a smooth Riemannian manifold $X$ is homologically…

Study rigidity of minimal disks in specific 3-manifolds.

Solves a problem posed by Brezis and Mironescu about least mass of area-minimizing currents.

Characterizes curves for minimal surfaces in de Sitter space.

New mass inequalities and proofs for causal variational principles.

Let B be a fiber bundle with compact fiber F over a compact Riemannian n-manifold M. There is a natural Riemannian metric on the total space B consistent with the metric on M. With respect to that metric, the volume of a rectifiable section s:M--> B is the mass of the image s(M) as a rectifiable n-current in B. Theorem…

Defines a new geometric quantity for hyperbolic manifolds, showing it's well-defined and invariant.

Given a sequence of asymptotically flat 3-manifolds of nonnegative scalar curvature with outermost minimal boundary, converging in the pointed $C^0$ Cheeger--Gromov sense to an asymptotically flat limit space, we show that the total mass of the limit is bounded above by the liminf of the total masses of the sequence. I…

For a closed surface M with metric g, the Robin mass m(p) at the point p is the value of the Green function G(p,q) at p=q after the logarithmic singularity has been removed. The Laplacian-mass is the average value of the Robin mass, minus the value of the Robin mass for the round sphere of the same area. The Laplacian-…

Sharp bounds for charged Hawking mass in electrostatic space-times.

Proves mass theorem up to dimension 19 using symmetrization and singularity techniques.

Proves critical points of ADM mass correspond to specific initial data sets.

Positive mass theorem and Yamabe equation on CR manifolds

New insights into Bartnik mass from improvability of dominant energy scalar.

Derives monotonic quantities for $p$-harmonic functions on manifolds.

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 twenty years ago \cite{SchoenYau79b,Witten81}, is a remarkable testament to this f…

The Witten spinorial argument has been adapted in several works over the years to prove positivity of mass in the asymptotically AdS and asymptotically hyperbolic settings in arbitrary dimensions. In this paper we prove a scalar curvature rigidity result and a positive mass theorem for asymptotically hyperbolic manifol…