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We briefly revisit the Schwarzschild-de Sitter solution in the context of five-dimensional general relativity. We obtain a class of five-dimensional solutions of Einstein vacuum field equations into which the four-dimensional…
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The quasi-isotropic inhomogeneous solution of the Einstein equations near a cosmological singularity in the form of a series expansion in the synchronous system of reference, first found by Lifshitz and Khalatnikov in 1960, is generalized…
We study the space-time geometry generated by coupling a free scalar field with a non-canonical kinetic term to General Relativity in $(2+1)$ dimensions. After identifying a family of scalar Lagrangians that yield exact analytical solutions…
We study a nonlocal wave equation with logarithmic damping which is rather weak in the low frequency zone as compared with frequently studied strong damping case. We consider the Cauchy problem for this model in the whole space and we study…
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Consider the following Lane-Emden system with Dirichlet boundary conditions: \[ -\Delta U = |V|^{\beta-1}V,\ -\Delta V = |U|^{\alpha-1}U \text{ in }\Omega,\qquad U=V= 0 \text{ on }\partial \Omega, \] in a bounded domain $\Omega$, for…
We consider the following Lane-Emden system with Neumann boundary conditions \[ -\Delta u= |v|^{q-1}v \text{ in } \Omega,\qquad -\Delta v= |u|^{p-1}u \text{ in } \Omega,\qquad \partial_\nu u=\partial_\nu v=0 \text{ on } \partial \Omega, \]…
In this paper, we derive the early-time asymptotics for fixed-frequency solutions $\phi_\ell$ to the wave equation $\Box_g \phi_\ell=0$ on a fixed Schwarzschild background ($M>0$) arising from the no incoming radiation condition on…
A new inequality for a nonlinear surface layer integral is proved for minimizers of causal variational principles. This inequality is applied to obtain a new proof of the positive mass theorem with volume constraint. Next, a positive mass…