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Explicit Kerr Ricci component RφtR_{\varphi t}Rφt​ vanishes as a rational identity

Proved
KerrBL.vacKerr_pht

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

coordinate-geometrygeneral-relativitykerr-metrickerrbl-missionricci-flatness

Let M,a,r,s,c,S,DM,a,r,s,c,S,DM,a,r,s,c,S,D be real numbers subject to

s2+c2=1,S=r2+a2c2,D=a2+r2−2Mr,S≠0,D≠0,s≠0.s^2+c^2=1,\qquad S=r^2+a^2c^2,\qquad D=a^2+r^2-2Mr,\qquad S\neq0,\quad D\neq0,\quad s\neq0 .s2+c2=1,S=r2+a2c2,D=a2+r2−2Mr,S=0,D=0,s=0.

Then the explicit closed-form Ricci component of the Boyer-Lindquist Kerr metric (definition RicciKerr of KerrBL_Kerr_ClosedForms) vanishes:

RicciKerrφt(M,a; r,s,c,S,D)=0.\mathrm{RicciKerr}_{\varphi t}(M,a;\,r,s,c,S,D)=0 .RicciKerrφt​(M,a;r,s,c,S,D)=0.

This is a pure identity of rational functions in seven real variables: sss and ccc need not be a sine and a cosine, and S,DS,DS,D need not be evaluated from r,cr,cr,c; the trigonometric relation enters only through the hypothesis s2+c2=1s^2+c^2=1s2+c2=1 and the atoms only through the two side equations. Layer III of the mission consists of this identity for each of the eight components that are not structurally zero; ricci_flat_Kerr instantiates them at a point of the regular domain via ricci_bridge_Kerr.

Formalization Note The non-vanishing hypotheses are exactly the denominators that occur in the closed forms. No assumption about curvature is made: RicciKerr is the full Ricci formula with the generated closed forms substituted, and the statement asserts that this expression reduces to 000.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_KerrBL_Kerr_ClosedForms
open KerrBL Filter Topology
Formal statement
theorem KerrBL.vacKerr_pht (M a : ℝ) (r s c S D : ℝ) (hp : s^(2:ℕ) + c^(2:ℕ) = 1) (hS' : S = r^(2:ℕ) + a^(2:ℕ)*c^(2:ℕ)) (hD' : D = a^(2:ℕ) + r^(2:ℕ) - 2*M*r) (hS : S ≠ 0) (hD : D ≠ 0) (hs : s ≠ 0) :
    RicciKerr M a 3 0 r s c S D = 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 N15 (vacKerr_pht)
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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