English

Well-posed geometric boundary data in General Relativity, III: conformal-volume boundary data

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-12-30 v2 Analysis of PDEs Differential Geometry

Abstract

In this third work in a series, we prove the local-in-time well-posedness of the IBVP for the vacuum Einstein equations in general relativity with twisted DIrichlet boundary conditions on a finite timelike boundary. The boundary conditions consist of specification of the pointwise conformal class of the boundary metric, together with a scalar density involving a combination of the volume form of the bulk metric restricted to the boundary together with the volume form of the boundary metric itself.

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@article{arxiv.2507.15567,
  title  = {Well-posed geometric boundary data in General Relativity, III: conformal-volume boundary data},
  author = {Zhongshan An and Michael T. Anderson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.15567},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

20 pages. Minor changes to introduction to improve exposition. References added

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