题目：A Positive Mass Theorem for Continuous Metrics

报告人：姚萱 博士（普林斯顿大学）

地点：致远楼101室

时间：2026年7月7日 星期二 10：00-11：00

Abstract：Let $g$ be a continuous metric on $\mathbb{R}^3$ which is asymptotically flat in the sense that $\vert g_{ij}(x) - \delta_{ij}\vert = O(\vert x\vert^{-\tau})$ for some $\tau > \frac 1 2$. Further assume that $g$ can be uniformly approximated on compact sets by smooth metrics with almost non-negative scalar curvature. For such a metric $g$, we define a synthetic ADM mass $m(g)$ using harmonic functions. The harmonic mass $m(g)$ coincides with the usual ADM mass whenever $g$ is smooth and decays rapidly enough that the latter is defined. The harmonic mass can also be computed as a limit of the $C^0$ local mass introduced by Burkhardt-Guim. Our main result is a positive mass theorem: the harmonic mass satisfies $m(g)\ge 0$ and if $m(g) = 0$ then $g$ is flat.

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