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We prove a low-regularity version of Hawking's singularity theorem for Lorentzian metrics in $W^{1,p}$ with Riemann curvature in $L^p$, where $p>2n$ and $n$ the dimension of spacetime. This extends previous results beyond the Lipschitz…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-01 Michael Kunzinger , Moritz Reintjes , Roland Steinbauer , Inés Vega-González

In this paper, we establish some comparison theorems for the total quotient curvature. Specifically, we examine the behavior of the functional with respect to the total quotient curvature and prove that the background Einstein metric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Jiaqi Chen , Yi Fang , Jingyang Zhong

Well-posedness of the initial (boundary) value problem is an essential property, both of meaningful physical models and of numerical applications. To prove well-posedness of wave-type equations their level of hyperbolicity is an essential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-20 Ronny Richter , David Hilditch

We establish a well-posedness theory for the f(R) theory of modified gravity, which is a generalization of Einstein's theory of gravitation. The scalar curvature R of the spacetime, which arises in the integrand of the Einstein-Hilbert…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Philippe G. LeFloch , Yue Ma

This paper investigates a novel mechanism for quasi-singularity formation in both linear and nonlinear hyperbolic wave equations in two and three dimensions. We prove that over any finite time interval, there exist inputs such that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Huaian Diao , Xieling Fan , Hongyu Liu

We consider the Einstein equations in T2 symmetry, either for vacuum spacetimes or coupled to the Euler equations for a compressible fluid, and we introduce the notion of T2 areal flows on T3 with finite total energy. By uncovering a hidden…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-05 Bruno Le Floch , Philippe G. LeFloch

We prove the existence of asymptotically hyperbolic solutions to the vacuum Einstein constraint equations with a marginally outer trapped boundary of positive mean curvature, using the constant mean curvature conformal method. As an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-16 Marcus Khuri , Jarosław Kopiński

We investigate the well-posedness of the characteristic initial-boundary value problem for the Einstein equations in Bondi-like coordinates (including Bondi, double-null and affine). We propose a definition of strong hyperbolicity of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-11 Carsten Gundlach

The new formulation of the causal completion of spacetimes suggested in [1], and modified later in [2], is tested by computing the causal boundary for product spacetimes of a Lorentz interval and a Riemannian manifold. This is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Alana , J. L. Flores

Two problems concerning asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with an inner boundary are studied. First, we study scalar curvature presciption with either Dirichlet or mean curvature prescription interior boundary condition. Then we apply…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-17 Romain Gicquaud

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

In the standard concordance cosmology the spatial curvature is assumed to be constant and zero (or at least very small). In particular, in numerical computations of the structure of the universe using N-body simulations, exact periodic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-07 Alan Coley , Woei Chet Lim

We first establish local $C^2$ estimates of solutions to the $\sigma_2$-curvature equation with nonlinear Neumann boundary condition. Then, under assumption that the mean curvature of a background metric is nonnegative on totally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Xuezhang Chen , Wei Wei

We consider the linearised vacuum Einstein equations around a Kerr exterior solution and present a scheme to prove elliptic $L^2(\mathbb{S}^2)$-estimates for the linearised curvature quantities in the equations. The scheme employs the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 Gabriele Benomio , Rita Teixeira da Costa

Critical gravitational collapse offers a unique window into regimes of arbitrarily high curvature, culminating in a naked singularity arising from smooth initial data -- thus providing a dynamical counterexample to weak cosmic censorship.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-18 Marija Tomašević , Chih-Hung Wu

This is the first in a series Of papers in which we initiate the study Of very rough solutions to the initial value problem for the Einstein Vacuum equations expressed relative to wave coordinates. By very rough we mean solutions which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-07 S. Klainerman , I. Rodnianski

A low-energy perturbation theory is developed from the nonperturbative framework of covariant Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) by employing the background field method. The resulting perturbation theory is a 2-parameter expansion in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-17 Muxin Han

This is the last of a sequence of four papers \cite{param1}, \cite{param2}, \cite{param3}, \cite{param4} dedicated to the construction and the control of a parametrix to the homogeneous wave equation $\square_{\bf g} \phi=0$, where ${\bf…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-04-10 Jeremie Szeftel

The recent "breakdown criterion" result of S. Klainerman and I. Rodnianski stated roughly that an Einstein-vacuum spacetime, given as a CMC foliation, can be further extended in time if the second fundamental form and the derivative of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-14 Arick Shao

This is the first of a sequence of four papers \cite{param1}, \cite{param2}, \cite{param3}, \cite{param4} dedicated to the construction and the control of a parametrix to the homogeneous wave equation $\square_{\bf g} \phi=0$, where ${\bf…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-04-10 Jeremie Szeftel