Discrete positive mass conjecture for asymptotically flat graphs

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Let G=(V,E,wG)G=(V,E,w_G) be an asymptotically flat graph: outside a finite set, it is weighted isomorphic to the complement of a finite cube in a weighted grid graph (Zn,w)(\mathbb{Z}^n,w), where p>n2p>n\geq 2, w(x,y)=1+o(1)w(x,y)=1+o(1) for adjacent vertices, Abs(x)=O(xp)\operatorname{Abs}(x)=O(|x|^{-p}), and R(x)=O(xp)|R(x)|=O(|x|^{-p}). Its scalar curvature is R(x)=yV:yxκ(x,y)R(x)=\sum_{y\in V:y\sim x}\kappa(x,y), and its discrete ADM energy is

E(G)=12nnlimr(eErw(e)τE~rw(τ)).E(G)=\frac{1}{2^n n}\lim_{r\rightarrow\infty}\left(\sum_{e\in E_r}w(e)-\sum_{\tau\in \widetilde{E}_r}w(\tau)\right).

Discrete positive mass conjecture. For an asymptotically flat graph GG with non-negative scalar curvature, one has E(G)0E(G)\geq 0. Moreover, E(G)=0E(G)=0 if and only if GG is a standard grid graph.

This is a graph-theoretic discrete analogue of the positive mass theorem for asymptotically flat manifolds. The conjecture asserts both non-negativity of the discrete ADM energy and rigidity in the zero-energy case; the supplied source does not indicate whether it has been resolved.

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Bobo Hua, Florentin Münch and Haohang Zhang, “Some variants of discrete positive mass theorems on graphs”, arXiv:2307.08334 (2024).

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