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All sixteen coordinate Ricci components of the Kerr metric vanish on the regular domain

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KerrBL.ricci_flat_Kerr

by He Wang · Sep 9, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

coordinate-geometrygeneral-relativitykerr-metrickerrbl-missionricci-flatness

For all real M,aM,aM,a, every point x=(t,r,θ,φ)∈R4x=(t,r,\theta,\varphi)\in\mathbb R^4x=(t,r,θ,φ)∈R4 with

Σ=r2+a2cos⁡2θ≠0,Δ=r2−2Mr+a2≠0,sin⁡θ≠0,\Sigma=r^2+a^2\cos^2\theta\neq0,\qquad \Delta=r^2-2Mr+a^2\neq0,\qquad \sin\theta\neq0,Σ=r2+a2cos2θ=0,Δ=r2−2Mr+a2=0,sinθ=0,

and all indices b,d∈{0,1,2,3}b,d\in\{0,1,2,3\}b,d∈{0,1,2,3},

Rbd(x)=0,R_{bd}(x)=0,Rbd​(x)=0,

where Rbd=R_{bd}=Rbd​= ricciOf (gKerr M a) (giKerr M a) b d x is the coordinate Ricci tensor of the specification layer: the standard formula Rbd=∑i(∂iΓbdi−∂dΓbii+∑j(ΓijiΓbdj−ΓdjiΓbij))R_{bd}=\sum_i(\partial_i\Gamma^i_{bd}-\partial_d\Gamma^i_{bi}+\sum_j(\Gamma^i_{ij}\Gamma^j_{bd}-\Gamma^i_{dj}\Gamma^j_{bi}))Rbd​=∑i​(∂i​Γbdi​−∂d​Γbii​+∑j​(Γiji​Γbdj​−Γdji​Γbij​)) with Γbca=12∑kg^ak(∂cgkb+∂bgkc−∂kgbc)\Gamma^a_{bc}=\tfrac12\sum_k\hat g^{ak}(\partial_cg_{kb}+\partial_bg_{kc}-\partial_kg_{bc})Γbca​=21​∑k​g^​ak(∂c​gkb​+∂b​gkc​−∂k​gbc​), evaluated on the Boyer-Lindquist Kerr metric ggg and its closed-form inverse g^\hat gg^​ with Mathlib's slice derivatives.

This is Ricci-flatness of the Boyer-Lindquist Kerr family on the regular coordinate domain of the formalization, for arbitrary real parameters M,aM,aM,a. It is not a global Lorentzian-manifold statement and it is not restricted to the black-hole regime. All sixteen components are proved separately; no symmetry of RbdR_{bd}Rbd​ is used or asserted.

Formalization Note Only the generic definitions appear in the statement; no closed form is mentioned. Read together with ginv_mul_g_Kerr (the inverse is genuine) and the differentiability theorems hdgKerr_all, hdchrKerr_all (no junk derivative values), as packaged in vacuum_Kerr.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_KerrBL_Kerr_Metric
open KerrBL Filter Topology
Formal statement
theorem KerrBL.ricci_flat_Kerr (M a : ℝ) (x : Pt) (hx : RegKerr M a x) (b d : Fin 4) :
    ricciOf (gKerr M a) (giKerr M a) b d x = 0 := by sorry
Source
R. P. Kerr, Gravitational field of a spinning mass as an example of algebraically special metrics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 11 (1963) 237-238, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.11.237; R. H. Boyer and R. W. Lindquist, Maximal analytic extension of the Kerr metric, J. Math. Phys. 8 (1967) 265-281, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1705193, Sec. 2 (Boyer-Lindquist form of the Kerr line element); metric components transcribed token-for-token from the project certificate EinsteinSolver/certificate/kerr/metric.json (sha256 d729883d95fd7d3cf84d9c971c6725f847155562cc4e88660535b8d0bd0be336); design record LEAN/kerr-formalization/mission/DESIGN.md, node N22 (ricci_flat_Kerr)
Human review
  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 14, 2026

  • Endorsed by He Wang · Sep 14, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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