Vacuum constraint extension conjecture for Bartnik boundary data

Let P\mathcal P be the space of smooth asymptotically flat Riemannian 33-manifolds (M,g)(M,g) with Rg0R_g\geq0 and compact boundary, and let P(γ,H)\mathcal P_{(\gamma,H)} consist of those inducing (γ,H)(\gamma,H) at the boundary. Let

C(γ,H)={(M,g)P(γ,H):Rg=0}.\mathcal C_{(\gamma,H)}=\{(M,g)\in\mathcal P_{(\gamma,H)}:R_g=0\}.

Vacuum constraint extension conjecture. If (M,g)(M,g) is an extension of (γ,H)(\gamma,H) in P\mathcal P, then there exists an extension in C(γ,H)\mathcal C_{(\gamma,H)}; equivalently,

P(γ,H)C(γ,H).\mathcal P_{(\gamma,H)}\neq\emptyset\Rightarrow\mathcal C_{(\gamma,H)}\neq\emptyset.

The conjecture asks whether every nonnegative-scalar-curvature extension can be replaced by a scalar-flat one with the same Bartnik boundary data. The source gives no general resolution.

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Michael T. Anderson, “Recent progress and problems on the Bartnik quasi-local mass”, arXiv:1903.03822 (2019).

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