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Mathematical physics

an asymptotically flat spacetime with nonnegative local energy density has nonnegative total mass.

In mathematical physics, positive mass theorem refers to an asymptotically flat spacetime with nonnegative local energy density has nonnegative total mass. This meaning comes from Schoen (1979) in Communications in Mathematical Physics.[1]

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References

Schoen, R., & Yau, S. (1979). On the proof of the positive mass conjecture in general relativity. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 65(1), 45-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01940959

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