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We prove a local well-posedness theorem for the (n+1)-dimensional Einstein equations in Lorentzian signature, with initial data $(\tilde g, K)$ whose asymptotic geometry at infinity is similar to that anti-de Sitter (AdS) space, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-19 Alberto Enciso , Niky Kamran

Conley in \cite{Con} constructed a complete Lyapunov function for a flow on compact metric space which is constant on orbits in the chain recurrent set and is strictly decreasing on orbits outside the chain recurrent set. This indicates…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Zhenxin Liu

$[n+1]$-dimensional ($n\geq 3$) smooth Einsteinian spaces of Euclidean and Lorentzian signature are considered. The base manifold $M$ is supposed to be smoothly foliated by a two-parameter family of codimension-two-surfaces which are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-16 István Rácz

We give detailed exposition of modern differential geometry from global coordinate independent point of view as well as local coordinate description suited for actual computations. In introduction, we consider Euclidean spaces and different…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-26 M. O. Katanaev

We approach the problem of finding obstructions to curvature distinguished Riemannian metrics by considering Lorentzian metrics to which they are dual in a suitable sense. Obstructions to the latter then yield obstructions to the former.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Amir Babak Aazami

In this paper, we study the geometric structure induced by the canonical reciprocal cost function and its natural $n$-dimensional extension. In logarithmic coordinates, the potential depends only on the linear combination $S=\alpha\cdot t$,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Jonathan Washburn , Milan Zlatanović , Philip Beltracchi

We propose an algebraic formulation of the notion of causality for spectral triples corresponding to globally hyperbolic manifolds with a well defined noncommutative generalization. The causality is given by a specific cone of Hermitian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-11 Nicolas Franco , Michał Eckstein

This article describes an entirely algebraic construction for developing conformal geometries, which provide models for, among others, the Euclidean, spherical and hyperbolic geometries. On one hand, their relationship is usually shown…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-07-13 Máté Lehel Juhász

The formalism of non-commutative geometry of A. Connes is used to construct models in particle physics. The physical space-time is taken to be a product of a continuous four-manifold by a discrete set of points. The treatment of Connes is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. H. Chamseddine , G. Felder , J. Fröhlich

The formulas for the 3-dimensional distance and the velocity modulus in the 4-dimensional linear space with the Berwald-Moor metrics are obtained. The used algorithm is applicable both for the Minkowski space and for the arbitrary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. I. Garas'ko , D. G. Pavlov

The problem of the construction of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structures starting from two first order equations of motion is presented. This new approach requires the knowledge of one (time independent) constant of motion for the dynamical…

Classical Physics · Physics 2014-03-04 Sergio A. Hojman

Einstein derived general relativity from Riemannian geometry. Connes extends this derivation to noncommutative geometry and obtains electro-magnetic, weak and strong forces. These are pseudo forces, that accompany the gravitational force…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Schucker

Timelike sectional curvature bounds play an important role in spacetime geometry, both for the understanding of classical smooth spacetimes and for the study of Lorentzian (pre-)length spaces introduced in \cite{kunzinger2018lorentzian}. In…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Tobias Beran , Michael Kunzinger , Argam Ohanyan , Felix Rott

We show that if $n$ functionally independent commutative quadratic in momenta integrals for the geodesic flow of a Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian metric on an $n$-dimensional manifold are simultaneously diagonalisable at the tangent space…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Sergey I. Agafonov , Vladimir S. Matveev

We compute the length of geodesics on a Riemannian manifold by regular polynomial interpolation of the global solution of the eikonal equation related to the line element $ds^2=g_{ij}dx^idx^j$ of the manifold. Our algorithm approximates the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-11-12 Joerg Kampen

Some analysis on the Lorentzian distance in a spacetime with controlled sectional (or Ricci) curvatures is done. In particular, we focus on the study of the restriction of such distance to a spacelike hypersurface satisfying the Omori-Yau…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-02-16 Luis J. Alias , Ana Hurtado , Vicente Palmer

Linear global modes, which are time-harmonic solutions with vanishing boundary conditions, are analysed in the context of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with slowly varying coefficients in doubly infinite domains. The most unstable…

patt-sol · Physics 2008-02-03 Le S. Dizès

The gravitation equations of the general relativity, written for Riemannian space-time geometry, are extended to the case of arbitrary (non-Riemannian) space-time geometry. The obtained equations are written in terms of the world function…

General Physics · Physics 2010-10-26 Yuri A. Rylov

A version of foliated spacetime is constructed in which the spatial geometry is described as a time dependent noncommutative geometry. The ADM version of the gravitational action is expressed in terms of these variables. It is shown that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Eli Hawkins

The conditions for R-separation of variables for the conformally invariant Laplace equation on an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold are determined and compared with the conditions for the additive separation of the null geodesic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-03-25 M. Chanachowicz , C. Chanu , R. G. McLenaghan