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We investigate the existence and the global causal structure of plane symmetric spacetimes with weak regularity when the matter consists of an irrotational perfect fluid with pressure equal to its mass-energy density. Our theory encompasses…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-16 Philippe G. LeFloch , John M. Stewart

We establish both global existence and decay properties for solutions with small data for a general class of coupled system of tensorial quasilinear hyperbolic wave equations in three space dimensions, that covers the dynamical Einstein…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Sari Ghanem

The dynamics of dilute plasma particles such as electrons and ions can be modeled by the fundamental two species Vlasov-Poisson-Boltzmann equations, which describes mutual interactions of plasma particles through collisions in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Zaihong Jiang , Yong Wang , Hang Xiong

Solutions to a singular one-dimensional Vlasov equation are obtained as the semiclassical limit of the Wigner transform associated to a logarithmic Schrodinger equation. Two frameworks are considered, regarding in particular the initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-16 Rémi Carles , Anne Nouri

In the first part of this work, we investigate the Cauchy problem for the $d$-dimensional incompressible Oldroyd-B model with dissipation in the stress tensor equation. By developing a weighted Chemin-Lerner framework combined with a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-18 Tao Liang , Yongsheng Li , Xiaoping Zhai

Given a truncated incoming null cone and a truncated outgoing null cone intersecting at a two sphere $S$ with smooth characteristic initial data, a theorem of Rendall shows that the vacuum Einstein equations can be solved in a small…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-06 Jonathan Luk

In many numerical implementations of the Cauchy formulation of Einstein's field equations one encounters artificial boundaries which raises the issue of specifying boundary conditions. Such conditions have to be chosen carefully. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-09-06 Oscar Reula , Olivier Sarbach

The initial value problem for the Vlasov-Poisson system is by now well understood in the case of an isolated system where, by definition, the distribution function of the particles as well as the gravitational potential vanish at spatial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Gerhard Rein , Alan D. Rendall

We consider the `classical' Boussinesq system in one space dimension and its symmetric analog. These systems model two-way propagation of nonlinear, dispersive long waves of small amplitude on the surface of an ideal fluid in a uniform…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-08-26 D. C. Antonopoulos , V. A. Dougalis

The main purpose of this article is to provide a guide to theorems on global properties of solutions to the Einstein-Vlasov system. This system couples Einstein's equations to a kinetic matter model. Kinetic theory has been an important…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-19 Hakan Andreasson

We consider covariant metric theories of coupled gravity-matter systems satisfying the following two conditions: First, it is assumed that, by a hyperbolic reduction process, a system of first order symmetric hyperbolic partial differential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 I. Racz

Using Hilbert's criterion, we consider the stress-energy tensor associated to the bienergy functional. We show that it derives from a variational problem on metrics and exhibit the peculiarity of dimension four. First, we use this tensor to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 E. Loubeau , S. Montaldo , C. Oniciuc

Specifying boundary conditions continues to be a challenge in numerical relativity in order to obtain a long time convergent numerical simulation of Einstein's equations in domains with artificial boundaries. In this paper, we address this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Douglas N. Arnold , Nicolae Tarfulea

Consider the characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein vacuum equations without any symmetry assumptions. Impose a sequence of data on two intersecting null hypersurfaces, each of which is foliated by spacelike $2$-spheres.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-21 Jonathan Luk , Igor Rodnianski

We consider the Gerdjikov-Ivanov equation in the quarter plane with Dirichlet boundary data and Neumann value converging to single exponentials $\alpha {\rm e}^{{\rm i}\omega t}$ and $c{\rm e}^{{\rm i}\omega t}$ as $t\to\infty$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-20 Samuel Fromm

In this work we develop new finite element discretisations of the shear-deformable Reissner--Mindlin plate problem based on the Hellinger-Reissner principle of symmetric stresses. Specifically, we use conforming Hu-Zhang elements to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Adam Sky , Michael Neunteufel , Jack S. Hale , Andreas Zilian

We consider a geometrical system of equations for a three dimensional Riemannian manifold. This system of equations has been constructed as to include several physically interesting systems of equations, such as the stationary Einstein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-18 Andrés E. Aceña

We study spatially semidiscrete and fully discrete finite volume element methods for the homogeneous heat equation with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions and derive error estimates for smooth and nonsmooth initial data. We show that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-17 P. Chatzipantelidis , R. D. Lazarov , V. Thomee

A rigorous and complete solution of the initial-boundary-value (Goursat) problem for second harmonic generation (and its matrix analog) on the semi-strip is given in terms of the Weyl functions. A wide class of the explicit solutions and…

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A new class of time-symmetric solutions to the initial value constraints of vacuum General Relativity is introduced. These data are globally regular, asymptotically flat (with possibly several asymptotic ends) and in general have no…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-30 Robert Beig , Sascha Husa