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Applications of Fixed Point Theorems to the Vacuum Einstein Constraint Equations with Non-Constant Mean Curvature

Mathematical Physics 2015-11-10 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Analysis of PDEs Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce new methods for solving the vacuum Einstein constraints equations: the first one is based on Schaefer's fixed point theorem (known methods use Schauder's fixed point theorem) while the second one uses the concept of half-continuity coupled with the introduction of local supersolutions. These methods allow to: unify some recent existence results, simplify many proofs (for instance, the main theorem in arXiv:1012.2188) and weaken the assumptions of many recent results.

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@article{arxiv.1405.7731,
  title  = {Applications of Fixed Point Theorems to the Vacuum Einstein Constraint Equations with Non-Constant Mean Curvature},
  author = {Nguyen The Cang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.7731},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

In this version, I change from 3-dimensional case to n-dimensional case