Publication:786443

{{DISPLAYTITLE:On Witten's proof of the positive energy theorem

DOI10.1007/BF01208569zbMath0528.58040OpenAlexW2050351112MaRDI QIDQ786443

Clifford Henry Taubes, Thomas H. Parker

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01208569

zbMATH Keywords

Green's functionDirac operatorClifford algebraDirac spinorsstress-energy-momentum tensorWeitzenboeck formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90)

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