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Uniqueness (up to isometries) and existence of limits are studied in the context of Cheeger-Gromov convergence of spacetimes. To address the non-compactness of the vector isometry group in the semi-Riemannian setting, standard pointed…

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This work investigates some global questions about cosmological spacetimes with two dimensional spherical, plane and hyperbolic symmetry containing matter. The result is, that these spacetimes admit a global foliation by prescribed mean…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Oliver Henkel

We consider the volume preserving flow of smooth, closed and convex hypersurfaces in the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^{n+1}$ with speed given by a general nonhomogeneous function of the Gauss curvature. For a large class of speed functions,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Yong Wei , Bo Yang , Tailong Zhou

This article is a guide to theorems on existence and global dynamics of solutions of the Einstein equations. It draws attention to open questions in the field. The local-in-time Cauchy problem, which is relatively well understood, is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Alan D. Rendall

In this paper, we investigate the initial value problem for symmetric hyperbolic systems on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds with potentials that are both nonlocal in time and space. When the potential is retarded and uniformly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Felix Finster , Simone Murro , Gabriel Schmid

This paper is concerned with the hypercoercivity property of solutions to the Cauchy problem on the linear Boltzmann equation with a confining potential force. We obtain the exponential time rate of solutions converging to the steady state…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Renjun Duan , Wei-Xi Li

The aim of this manuscript is to obtain rigidity and non-existence results for parabolic spacelike submanifolds with causal mean curvature vector field in orthogonally splitted spacetimes, and in particular, in globally hyperbolic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-08 Alma L. Albujer , Jónatan Herrera , Rafael M. Rubio

This paper concerns the motion of relativistic strings in the Schwarzschild space-time. As a general framework, we first analyze the basic equations for the motion of a p-dimensional extended object in a general enveloping space-time (N;…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-02-09 Chun-Lei He , De-Xing Kong

This article is a guide to theorems on existence and global dynamics of solutions of the Einstein equations. It draws attention to open questions in the field. The local in time Cauchy problem, which is relatively well understood, is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Alan D. Rendall

The stability of cosmological event and Cauchy horizons of spacetimes associated with plane symmetric domain walls are studied. It is found that both horizons are not stable against perturbations of null fluids and massless scalar fields;…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 Anzhong Wang , Patricio S. Letelier

Let $u(t,x)$ be the solution to the Cauchy problem of a scalar conservation law in one space dimension. It is well known that even for smooth initial data the solution can become discontinuous in finite time and global entropy weak solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-02 Yi Zhou

The computational analysis of the Cauchy problem for semi-linear Klein-Gordon equations in the de Sitter spacetime is considered. Several simulations are performed to show the time-global behaviors of the solutions of the equations in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-23 Takuya Tsuchiya , Makoto Nakamura

As is well known, constant mean curvature (CMC) spacelike hypersurfaces play an important role in solving the Einstein equations, both in solving the contraints and the evolution equations. In this paper we review the CMC existence result…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-12 Gregory J. Galloway , Eric Ling

The theory of weak solutions for nonlinear conservation laws is now well developed in the case of scalar equations [3] and for one-dimensional hyperbolic systems [1, 2]. For systems in several space dimensions, however, even the global…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alberto Bressan

We establish the global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions to the Cauchy problem for the isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations in three spatial dimensions with smooth initial data which are of small energy but…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Xiangdi Huang , Jing Li , Zhouping Xin

Every time function on spacetime gives a (continuous) total preordering of the spacetime events which respects the notion of causal precedence. The problem of the existence of a (semi-)time function on spacetime and the problem of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-23 E. Minguzzi

This paper concerns the Cauchy problem of the barotropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations on the whole two-dimensional space with vacuum as far field density. In particular, the initial density can have compact support. When the shear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-21 Jing Li , Zhilei Liang

We consider the Cauchy problem and the source problem for normally hyperbolic operators on the Minkowski spacetime, and study the determination of solutions from their integrals along null geodesics. For the Cauchy problem, we give a new…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-13 Yiran Wang

In this paper we prove a closure result for globally hyperbolic spacetimes satisfying, at a certain time, natural assumptions on the deceleration, the pressure and the Hubble constant. The main tool that we use is a general Bonnet-Myers…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-12 Giovanni Catino , Alberto Roncoroni

In this short paper we prove a global logarithmic stability of the Cauchy problem for H 2-solutions of an anisotropic elliptic equation in a Lip-schitz domain. The result we obtained is based on tools borrowed from the existing technics to…

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