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Spacetime Penrose inequalities: enclosing area, charge, and rigidity
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Abstract
We prove sharp spacetime Penrose inequalities for invariant ADM mass and minimum enclosing area in three and four spatial dimensions. Under their respective designated-end conventions, the neutral numerical results allow arbitrary second fundamental form, nonzero momentum, disconnected weakly future trapped boundary, and finitely many ends. Under the stated horizon hypotheses, equality for the neutral inequalities reconstructs the original exterior data as spacelike slices of Schwarzschild spacetime in three dimensions and Schwarzschild–Tangherlini spacetime in four; the four-dimensional equality theorem concerns a connected, one-ended exterior. We also prove a three-dimensional electric–magnetic charged upper-area inequality for one-ended data with nonzero momentum, with separate purely electric rest-frame corollaries allowing finitely many ends. Finally, for each fixed transverse-traceless seed and prescribed decaying solution branch, we prove a local Schwarzschild–anti-de Sitter inequality.
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Comments and discussion
- Hubert Bray, Tuan Dolmen, Marcus Khuri and David Schmidt, Proof of the Penrose Conjecture for Maximally Parameterized Initial Data Sets, Appendix C (arXiv:2610.20559v1, 2026-10-14). An independent proof of the neutral spacetime Penrose inequality for "maximally parameterized" data in dimensions n ≥ 3, relevant to this paper's neutral inequalities in dimensions three and four; its Appendix C discusses checking OpenAI's Penrose series. [family-level]
Formalization
- OpenAI, Spacetime Penrose inequalities: enclosing area, charge, rotation, and anti-de Sitter extensions — Lean scope (release scope documentation, 2026). The family's only formalization covers the end-replacement construction and the Schwarzschild equality examples of the companion CKS/Bondi paper; none of this paper's neutral, charged or anti-de Sitter theorems is formalized. [family-level]
Related prior literature mentioned by others
- Hubert L. Bray and Marcus A. Khuri, P.d.e.'s which imply the Penrose conjecture (arXiv:0905.2622, 2009; Asian Journal of Mathematics, 2011). Bray–Dolmen–Khuri–Schmidt identify this generalized Jang and Schoen–Yau framework as a predecessor when discussing OpenAI's neutral deformation program. [family-level]
Possibly relevant literature (found by the agent, not checked)
- E. Ng, The suboptimal Penrose inequality for charged initial data sets (arXiv:2609.22418, 18 Sep 2026). Proves a charged Penrose-type lower bound with a non-sharp universal constant for three-dimensional Einstein–Maxwell data with zero magnetic field, a non-sharp counterpart of this paper's three-dimensional charged upper-area inequality.
Digests and expositions
- Gradient Damage, Spacetime Penrose Inequality, Strong Cosmic Censorship Near Kerr and 8 More (video compilation, 2026-10-15). The opening chapter illustrates the mass–area claim and links this manuscript, describing the animation as an illustration rather than a proof. [family-level]
News and blogs
- Carlos Toledo, OpenAI's math release: what it claims beyond what it checks (audit, 2026-10-10). Finding G3 distinguishes family 260's supporting Lean results from its headline inequalities. [family-level]
Elsewhere
- Emergent Mind: family 260
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Cite
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author = {{OpenAI}},
title = {{Spacetime Penrose inequalities: enclosing area, charge, and rigidity}},
howpublished = {OpenAI Math Release preprint
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year = {2026}
}Lean formalization
OpenAI provides Lean files for this family: lean/docs/260.md. The Lean statements have not been checked by people against the paper's claims.
Family 260: Spacetime Penrose inequalities: enclosing area, charge, rotation, and anti-de Sitter extensions
Proves the sharp enclosing-area spacetime Penrose inequality for smooth one-ended asymptotically flat initial data in every spatial dimension n ≥ 3, under dominant energy, weak future trapping, positive enclosing area, and the stated decay assumptions. It bounds invariant ADM mass below using minimum enclosing area, with equality rigidity under additional horizon hypotheses. Charged upper-area bounds treat dyonic three-dimensional data; the higher-dimensional purely electric extension uses the matched neutral theorem.
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- Electromagnetic tails and the Kerr–Newman Penrose inequality · October 5, 2026
- The nonmaximal anti-de Sitter Penrose Inequality and original-data rigidity · October 5, 2026
- The Penrose inequality for maximal asymptotically hyperbolic initial data · October 5, 2026
- A local Penrose inequality for conformal perturbations of Schwarzschild–anti-de Sitter data · October 5, 2026
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- Conformal flow and the Riemannian Penrose inequality with minimizing frontiers · September 27, 2026
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