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The positive mass theorem for ALE manifolds

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

We show what extra condition is necessary to be able to use the positive mass argument of Witten [12] on an asymptotically locally euclidean manifold. Specifically we show that the 'generalized positive action conjecture' holds if one assumes that the signature of the manifold has the correct value.

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Banach Center Publications
1997/41/1
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Pages:
133-142
Main language of publication
English
Published
1997
Exact and natural sciences