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Uniqueness results for ill posed characteristic problems in curved space-times

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-01-19 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We prove two uniqueness theorems for solutions of linear and nonlinear wave equations; the first theorem is in the Minkowski space while the second is in the domain of outer communication of a Kerr black hole. Both theorems concern ill posed Cauchy problems on smooth, bifurcate, characteristic hypersurfaces. In the case of the Kerr space-time this hypersurface is the event horizon of the black hole.

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@article{arxiv.0711.0042,
  title  = {Uniqueness results for ill posed characteristic problems in curved space-times},
  author = {Alexandru D. Ionescu and Sergiu Klainerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.0042},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Various corrections

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