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The inverse F-curvature flow in ARW spaces

Differential Geometry 2011-06-24 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We consider the so-called inverse FF-curvature flow (IFCF) x˙=F1ν\dot x = -F^{-1}\nu in ARW spaces, i.e. in Lorentzian manifolds with a special future singularity. Here, FF denotes a curvature function of class (K)(K^*), which is homogenous of degree one, e.g. the nn-th root of the Gaussian curvature, and ν\nu the past directed normal. We prove existence of the IFCF for all times and convergence of the rescaled scalar solution in C(S0)C^{\infty}(S_0) to a smooth function. Using the rescaled IFCF we maintain a transition from big crunch to big bang into a mirrored spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.1106.4703,
  title  = {The inverse F-curvature flow in ARW spaces},
  author = {Heiko Kröner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4703},
  year   = {2011}
}

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