Bartnik's Hilbert-manifold conjecture for the constraint map

Let F\mathcal{F} be the space of initial data satisfying the prescribed boundary conditions, with G\mathcal{G} the space of metrics and K\mathcal{K} the space of momentum tensors. Let

Φ:FN\Phi:\mathcal{F}\rightarrow\mathcal{N}

be the constraint map into a suitable Hilbert space N\mathcal{N}. Bartnik's Hilbert-manifold conjecture. For some choice of N\mathcal{N}, Φ\Phi is a smooth map of Hilbert manifolds and

DΦ(g,π)D\Phi(g,\pi)

is surjective at every point (g,π)G×K(g,\pi)\in\mathcal{G}\times\mathcal{K}. Consequently, the level sets of Φ\Phi are Hilbert submanifolds of F\mathcal{F}. The conjecture is motivated by Bartnik's phase-space argument; the source states that the required surjectivity is the unresolved step in the presence of a boundary and intends to pursue a proof.

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Primary source

Stephen McCormick, “A note on mass-minimising extensions”, arXiv:1501.05045 (2015).

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