Intrinsic flat almost rigidity of the hyperbolic positive mass theorem

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Let MjmM_j^m be a sequence of asymptotically hyperbolic Riemannian manifolds with scalar curvature R≥−m(m−1)R\geq -m(m-1) and mass tending to zero. Assume that MjmM_j^m contains no closed interior minimal surfaces, and that either MjmM_j^m has no boundary or its boundary is a closed minimal surface. Fix A0>0A_0>0 and D>0D>0, and let Σj⊂Mj\Sigma_j\subset M_j be constant mean curvature surfaces of fixed area A0A_0. For a hypersurface Σ\Sigma, write TD(Σ)T_D(\Sigma) for its tubular neighborhood of radius DD, and let Σ∞\Sigma_\infty be a geodesic sphere in hyperbolic space Hm\mathbb{H}^m with Vol⁡m−1(Σ∞)=A0\operatorname{Vol}_{m-1}(\Sigma_\infty)=A_0, centered at a point p∞p_\infty. Intrinsic flat almost rigidity of the hyperbolic positive mass theorem. The tubular neighborhoods satisfy

lim⁡j→∞dF(TD(Σj)⊂Mjm,TD(Σ∞)⊂Hm)=0\lim_{j\to\infty}d_{\mathcal{F}}\left(T_D(\Sigma_j)\subset M_j^m,T_D(\Sigma_\infty)\subset\mathbb{H}^m\right)=0

and

lim⁡j→∞Vol⁡(TD(Σj)⊂Mjm)=Vol⁡(TD(Σ∞)⊂Hm).\lim_{j\to\infty}\operatorname{Vol}\left(T_D(\Sigma_j)\subset M_j^m\right)=\operatorname{Vol}\left(T_D(\Sigma_\infty)\subset\mathbb{H}^m\right).

Consequently, if pj∈Σjp_j\in\Sigma_j, then (Mj,pj)(M_j,p_j) converges in the pointed intrinsic flat sense to (Hm,p∞)(\mathbb{H}^m,p_\infty). This conjecture is an intrinsic-flat stability statement for the positive mass theorem in the asymptotically hyperbolic setting: vanishing mass should force convergence to hyperbolic space once points are anchored on fixed-area CMC surfaces. The parser supplies no evidence that it has been resolved, so its status remains open.

References

Primary source

A Sakovich and C Sormani, “Almost Rigidity of the Positive Mass Theorem for Asymptotically Hyperbolic Manifolds with Spherical Symmetry”, arXiv:1705.07496 (2017).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2017). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1109.2165.

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