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The wave equation on static singular space-times

General Mathematics 2021-01-12 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The first part of my thesis lays the foundations to generalized Lorentz geometry. The basic algebraic structure of finite-dimensional modules over the ring of generalized numbers is investigated. The motivation for this part of my thesis evolved from the main topic, the wave equation on singular space-times. The second and main part of my thesis is devoted to establishing a local existence and uniqueness theorem for the wave equation on singular space-times. The singular Lorentz metric subject to our discussion is modeled within the special algebra on manifolds in the sense of Colombeau. Inspired by an approach to generalized hyperbolicity of conical-space times due to Vickers and Wilson, we succeed in establishing certain energy estimates, which by a further elaborated equivalence of energy integrals and Sobolev norms allow us to prove existence and uniqueness of local generalized solutions of the wave equation with respect to a wide class of generalized metrics. The third part of my thesis treats three different point value resp. uniqueness questions in algebras of generalized functions

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@article{arxiv.0802.1616,
  title  = {The wave equation on static singular space-times},
  author = {Eberhard Mayerhofer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.1616},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

102 pages, 4 figures, PhD Thesis, concise introduction

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