Publications [#287073] of Hubert Bray

Papers Published

1. Bray, HL; Khuri, MA, P. D. E. 'S which imply the penrose conjecture, Asian Journal of Mathematics, vol. 15 no. 4 (January, 2011), pp. 557-610, International Press of Boston, ISSN 1093-6106 [pdf], [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/19)

   Author's Comments:
   The original version of this paper is on the arXiv. The updated version included here, which incorporates the Carrasco-Mars counterexamples to the Penrose Conjecture for generalized apparent horizons, appeared in the Asian Journal of Mathematics.

   Abstract:
   In this paper, we show how to reduce the Penrose conjecture to the known Riemannian Penrose inequality case whenever certain geometrically motivated systems of equations can be solved. Whether or not these special systems of equations have general existence theories is therefore an important open problem. The key tool in our method is the derivation of a new identity which we call the generalized Schoen-Yau identity, which is of independent interest. Using a generalized Jang equation, we use this identity to propose canonical embeddings of Cauchy data into corresponding static spacetimes. In addition, we discuss the Carrasco-Mars counterexample to the Penrose conjecture for generalized apparent horizons (added since the first version of this paper was posted on the arXiv) and instead conjecture the Penrose inequality for time-independent apparent horizons, which we define. © 2011 International Press.