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Toward a definition of chaos for general relativity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

General relativity exhibits a unique feature not represented in standard examples of chaotic systems; it is a spacetime diffeomorphism invariant theory. Thus many characterizations of chaos do not work. It is therefore necessary to develop a definition of chaos suitable for application to general relativity. This presentation will present results towards this goal.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9612017,
  title  = {Toward a definition of chaos for general relativity},
  author = {Donald Witt and Kristin Schleich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9612017},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages. Amstex 2.1; also requires included fic.sty macro. Paper to appear in Proceedings of the Sixth Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, The Fields Institute Communications Series