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Dissertation: The Cauchy Problem for Membranes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-08-10 v2

Abstract

We show existence and uniqueness for timelike minimal submanifolds in ambient Lorentz manifolds admitting a time function. The initial value formulation introduced and the conditions imposed on the initial data are given in purely geometric terms.

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@article{arxiv.0807.2539,
  title  = {Dissertation: The Cauchy Problem for Membranes},
  author = {Olaf Milbredt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2539},
  year   = {2008}
}

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109 pages, no figures, references updated

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