Rigidity of the Positive Mass Theorems

2025-05-22 13:32:41

时间:2025年5月28日(星期三),9:00-10:30

Tencent Meeting:409 9581 4561

Password: 583483


主持人:Jintian Zhu, ITS

主讲人:Yiyue Zhang, BIMSA

报告主题:Rigidity of the Positive Mass Theorems

报告摘要:Schoen-Yau and Witten demonstrated that the total mass m of asymptotically flat initial data sets(IDS) in general relativity are non-negative. Combining spinorial methods with spacetime harmonic functions, we prove that if m=0, the IDS must embed into a pp-wave spacetime. This resolves the rigidity conjecture for the spacetime positive mass theorem on spin manifolds in all dimensions. Furthermore, adapting these techniques to the hyperboloidal setting, we establish that asymptotically hyperboloidal IDS with zero mass must embed isometrically into Minkowski space, contrasting with the asymptotically flat case. It is joint work with Sven Hirsch and Hyun Chul Jang.