Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

A dimension descent scheme for the positive mass theorem in arbitrary dimension

Simon Brendle

created by scharrer on 02 Jun 2026

15 jul 2026   [open in google calendar]

Agenda: Get-together (30 min), presentation Simon Brendle (60 min), questions and discussions (30 min).

Abstract.

We describe an inductive scheme for proving the positive mass theorem in arbitrary dimension, extending the minimal hypersurface approach pioneered by Schoen and Yau. This is joint work with Yipeng Wang.