Abstract
A new proof is given of the positive energy theorem of classical general relativity. Also, a new proof is given that there are no asymptotically Euclidean gravitational instantons. (These theorems have been proved previously, by a different method, by Schoen and Yau.) The relevance of these results to the stability of Minkowski space is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 381-402 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Communications In Mathematical Physics |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1981 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics