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A new proof of the positive energy theorem

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A new proof is given of the positive energy theorem of classical general relativity. Also, a new proof is given that there are no asymptotically Euclidean gravitational instantons. (These theorems have been proved previously, by a different method, by Schoen and Yau.) The relevance of these results to the stability of Minkowski space is discussed.

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  1. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, 08544, Princeton, NJ, USA

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Communicated by S. T. Yau

Research partially supported by NSF Grant PHY78-01221

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