A strictly-positive mass theorem

DOI10.1007/BF01214423zbMath0609.53052MaRDI QIDQ1086867

P. F. Yip

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

positive mass theoremdominant energy conditionArnowitt-Deser-Misner 4-momentum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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