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Integrability and Einstein's equations

N. Woodhouse (1997)

Banach Center Publications

1. Introduction. In recent years, there has been considerable interest in Oxford and elsewhere in the connections between Einstein's equations, the (anti-) self-dual Yang-Mills (SDYM) equations, and the theory of integrable systems. The common theme running through this work is that, to a greater or lesser extent, all three areas involve questions that can be addressed by twistor methods. In this paper, I shall review progress, with particular emphasis on the known and potential applications in...

Local existence of solutions of the mixed problem for the system of equations of ideal relativistic hydrodynamics

Joanna Rencławowicz, Wojciech Zajączkowski (1998)

Applicationes Mathematicae

Existence and uniqueness of local solutions for the initial-boundary value problem for the equations of an ideal relativistic fluid are proved. Both barotropic and nonbarotropic motions are considered. Existence for the linearized problem is shown by transforming the equations to a symmetric system and showing the existence of weak solutions; next, the appropriate regularity is obtained by applying Friedrich's mollifiers technique. Finally, existence for the nonlinear problem is proved by the method...

Méthodes géométriques dans l’étude des équations d’Einstein

Serge Alinhac (2003/2004)

Séminaire Bourbaki

L’étude de l’équation des ondes et de ses perturbations a montré l’importance d’un certain nombre d’objets géométriques, tels que les cônes sortants et rentrants, les champs de Lorentz, des repères isotropes adaptés, etc. Parmi les systèmes d’équations hyperboliques non linéaires, les équations d’Einstein jouent un rôle central ; leur étude a nécessité, dans le cas d’un espace-temps courbe, la construction d’objets analogues à ceux du cas plat, cônes, repères adaptés, etc. La construction de ces...

Regularity and geometric properties of solutions of the Einstein-Vacuum equations

Sergiu Klainerman, Igor Rodnianski (2002)

Journées équations aux dérivées partielles

We review recent results concerning the study of rough solutions to the initial value problem for the Einstein vacuum equations expressed relative to wave coordinates. We develop new analytic methods based on Strichartz type inequalities which results in a gain of half a derivative relative to the classical result. Our methods blend paradifferential techniques with a geometric approach to the derivation of decay estimates. The latter allows us to take full advantage of the specific structure of...

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