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An existence theorem for the Cauchy problem on the light-cone for the vacuum Einstein equations with near-round analytic data

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-12-06 v1

Abstract

We prove that analytic initial data on a light cone arising from a metric satisfying a "near-roundness" condition near the vertex lead to a solution of the vacuum Einstein equations to the future of the light-cone.

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@article{arxiv.1012.0777,
  title  = {An existence theorem for the Cauchy problem on the light-cone for the vacuum Einstein equations with near-round analytic data},
  author = {Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat and Piotr T. Chruściel and José M. Martín-García},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.0777},
  year   = {2010}
}

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33 pages. Contribution to the proceedings of the "Petrov 2010 Anniversary Symposium on General Relativity and Gravitation", held in Kazan, Nov 2010