Gromov's Euclidean -rigidity conjecture
Let be a smooth complete metric on , where , and let denote the Euclidean metric. Assume that
and
as . Gromov's Euclidean -rigidity conjecture. Then is isometric to Euclidean space. This conjecture asks whether the rigidity conclusion of the positive mass theorem follows from nonnegative scalar curvature and metric deviation from the Euclidean metric that decays faster than the Schwarzschild rate, without invoking a notion of mass. It is presented as an open question motivated by scalar-curvature stability under convergence.
References
Primary source
Jianchun Chu, Man-Chun Lee and Jingbo Wan, “Rigidity of positive mass theorem with fast metric decay”, arXiv:2607.17236 (2026).
Additional references
57 papers in this index state this conjecture (2003–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2606.19123, arXiv:2606.15372, arXiv:2606.08887, arXiv:2605.29915, arXiv:2604.17759, arXiv:2602.17859, arXiv:2601.14669, arXiv:2510.04481, arXiv:2509.14299, arXiv:2507.21594, arXiv:2506.09524, arXiv:2502.15135, and 44 more.
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