Gromov's Euclidean C0C^0-rigidity conjecture

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Let gg be a smooth complete metric on Rn\mathbb R^n, where n3n\geq 3, and let geucg_{\mathrm{euc}} denote the Euclidean metric. Assume that

scal(g)0\mathrm{scal}(g)\geq 0

and

ggeuc(x)=o(x2n)|g-g_{\mathrm{euc}}|(x)=o(|x|^{2-n})

as xx\to\infty. Gromov's Euclidean C0C^0-rigidity conjecture. Then (Rn,g)(\mathbb R^n,g) 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 C0C^0 convergence.

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Primary source

Jianchun Chu, Man-Chun Lee and Jingbo Wan, “Rigidity of positive mass theorem with fast metric decay”, arXiv:2607.17236 (2026).

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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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