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Localized initial data for Einstein equations

Analysis of PDEs 2023-07-19 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We apply a new method with explicit solution operators to construct asymptotically flat initial data sets of the vacuum Einstein equation with new localization properties. Applications include an improvement of the decay rate in Carlotto--Schoen [arXiv:1407.4766] to O(x(d2))\mathcal{O}(|x|^{-(d-2)}) and a construction of nontrivial asymptotically flat initial data supported in a degenerate sector {(x,xd)Rd:xxdα}\{(x',x_d)\in\mathbb{R}^d:|x'|\leq x_d^\alpha\} for 3d+1<α<1\frac{3}{d+1}<\alpha<1.

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@article{arxiv.2210.09437,
  title  = {Localized initial data for Einstein equations},
  author = {Yuchen Mao and Zhongkai Tao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.09437},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

The proof in section 3 is simplified. Theorem 3 is updated to include the second fundamental form k

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