Stability of a quasi-local positive mass theorem for graphical hypersurfaces of Euclidean space

Alaee, Aghil; Cabrera Pacheco, Armando; McCormick, Stephen

doi:10.1090/tran/8297

Stability of a quasi-local positive mass theorem for graphical hypersurfaces of Euclidean space
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Abstract:

We present a quasi-local version of the stability of the positive mass theorem. We work with the Brown–York quasi-local mass as it possesses positivity and rigidity properties, and therefore the stability of this rigidity statement can be studied. Specifically, we ask if the Brown–York mass of the boundary of some compact manifold is close to zero, must the manifold be close to a Euclidean domain in some sense?

Here we consider a class of compact $n$-manifolds with boundary that can be realized as graphs in $\mathbb {R}^{n+1}$, and establish the following. If the Brown–York mass of the boundary of such a compact manifold is small, then the manifold is close to a Euclidean hyperplane with respect to the Federer–Fleming flat distance.

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