Problems Exterior Stability K-606
Unpublished provisional entry. It is excluded from the main problem index until publication criteria are met (references, scope, and editorial sign-off). The URL is available for maintainers and reviewers.
K-606

Prove Kerr-Newman linear stability for a wider parameter regime beyond weak charge/slow rotation.

Partial progress Classical frontier Open in literature Mostly scoped Exterior Stability Pure math FV: low
Kerr–Newman Asymptotically flat Matter-coupled Linearized gravity LinearExterior

Summary

Prove Kerr-Newman linear stability for a wider parameter regime beyond weak charge/slow rotation.

Why this matters

Extends Einstein-Maxwell stability program toward the full family.

Exact scope

Background / setting
asymptotically flat general relativity context; see family and coupling tags for matter model.
Equation type
PDE level: linearized-gravity.
Linearity
linearized
Regularity
Smooth / Sobolev hypotheses must be stated precisely in any final theorem; this provisional entry does not fix minimal regularity.
Parameter regime
Subextremal Kerr moduli $|a|<M$ (or stated KN/KdS extension); smallness measured in the stability topology on Cauchy data.
Asymptotics
asymptotically flat
Gauge / formulation
State gauge/fixing class compatible with cited stability or interior programs (e.g. generalized harmonic, double-null interior charts).

Status explanation

Partial results exist in adjacent regimes (see references); sharp alignment with this page’s exact target remains open.

Problem statement

Prove Kerr-Newman linear stability for a wider parameter regime beyond weak charge/slow rotation.

What is already known

  • Named papers in the reference list establish partial or neighboring results under explicit hypotheses; treat those as the proved baseline.
    Regime: As stated in cited references (often restricted parameters or linearized settings).
    Orients readers to literature without equating it with the full title-length target.

Progress summary: Manifest rationale: Extends Einstein-Maxwell stability program toward the full family.

What remains open

Prove Kerr-Newman linear stability for a wider parameter regime beyond weak charge/slow rotation.

Parent problem

This entry is tracked as an alias, subproblem, or expansion item under the canonical problem below.

  • K-008 — Full asymptotically flat stability of the subextremal Kerr–Newman family

Mathematical prerequisites

Match hypotheses to primary sources cited on this page; state minimal regularity, gauge class, and parameter windows in any claimed theorem.

Completion criteria

Prove a theorem or give a rigorous counterexample that matches the scoped statement under explicitly listed hypotheses.

Implications if solved

Impact depends on the solved formulation; sharpen once the statement is pinned to a literature-compatible theorem.

Formal verification suitability

FV: low

Global PDE or phenomenological target; lemma-level formalization may be possible after scoping.

See Formal verification for how this database uses these labels.

References

Related by shared tags

Heuristic matches on family, cluster, equation level, asymptotics, and relevance.

  • K-607 — Prove nonlinear stability of Kerr-Newman in the asymptotically flat setting (full coupling).
  • K-007 — Einstein–Maxwell stability near Kerr
  • K-008 — Full asymptotically flat stability of the subextremal Kerr–Newman family
  • K-642 — Prove analogous Cauchy-horizon instability results for coupled gravito-electromagnetic perturbations on Kerr-Newman.
  • K-658 — Prove linear stability/instability classification for extremal Kerr-Newman under coupled perturbations.
  • K-308 — Rigidity and uniqueness with matter: full Kerr–Newman regime
  • K-601 — Prove unconditional linear stability of Kerr (full subextremal range) in a fixed gauge, with full decay rates.
  • K-602 — Prove nonlinear stability of Kerr for the full subextremal range |a|<M.

Editorial / maintainer notes

Deduplicated from the main index by the 2026-06-03 audit. Track this as a subproblem or alias of K-008.

Source manifest: N-006 (expansion_from_manifest.tsv). Numeric footnotes from the original table are not reproduced in this repository.


Last updated: 2026-04-06 · Last verified (editorial): 2026-04-06 (bulk-editorial-fixes) · Edit on GitHub →