Geometry/topology Seminar
Monday, September 20, 2021, 3:15pm, Physics 119
Demetre Kazaras (Duke University, Mathematics)
If Ricci is bounded below, then mass is in control!
Abstract:
The ADM mass of an isolated gravitational system is a geometric invariant measuring the total mass due to matter and other fields. In a previous work, we showed how to compute this invariant (in 3 spatial dimensions) by studying harmonic functions. Now I'll use this formula to consider the question: How flat is an asymptotically flat manifold with very little total mass? In the presence of a lower bound on Ricci curvature, we make progress on this question and confirm special cases of conjectures made by Ilmanen and Sormani. [video]

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