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Involutivity of field equations

Differential Geometry 2015-05-13 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We prove involutivity of Einstein, Einstein-Maxwell and other field equations by calculating the Spencer cohomology of these systems. Relation with Cartan method is traced in details. Basic implications through Cartan-Kahler theory are derived.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0902.1685,
  title  = {Involutivity of field equations},
  author = {Boris Kruglikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1685},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

13 pages; this version is updated with new field equations (radiation, dust etc) - they are proved involutive, Spencer cohomology calculated

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