Stability conjecture for the Kerr-de Sitter and Kerr families

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Let BΛ\mathcal{B}_\Lambda denote either the subextremal Kerr-de Sitter family for Λ>0\Lambda>0 or the subextremal Kerr family for Λ=0\Lambda=0. Let b0BΛb_0\in\mathcal{B}_\Lambda be generated by initial data, and consider a small perturbation of those initial data for a solution of the Einstein vacuum equations.

Stability conjecture. The family BΛ\mathcal{B}_\Lambda is a stable family of solutions to the Einstein vacuum equations with Λ0\Lambda\geq 0: the evolution of the small perturbation asymptotes in the appropriate sense to some bεBΛb_{\varepsilon}\in\mathcal{B}_\Lambda.

Stability of these stationary black-hole families is a basic requirement for the final-state conjecture, which expects subextremal Kerr and Kerr-de Sitter spacetimes to describe physical final states. The supplied text does not specify whether this conjecture has been resolved.

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Allen Juntao Fang, Jérémie Szeftel and Arthur Touati, “Teukolsky on slowly-rotating Kerr-de Sitter in the vanishing Λ limit”, arXiv:2601.04117 (2026).

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