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This paper concerns the global theory of properly embedded spacelike surfaces in three-dimensional Minkowski space in relation to their Gaussian curvature. We prove that every regular domain which is not a wedge is uniquely foliated by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-13 Francesco Bonsante , Andrea Seppi , Peter Smillie

The global stability of Minkowski spacetime, a milestone in the field, has been proven in the celebrated work of Christodoulou and Klainerman \cite{Ch-Kl} in 1993. In 2007, Bieri \cite{Bieri} has extended the result of \cite{Ch-Kl} under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Dawei Shen

Here we prove a global existence theorem for the solutions of the semi-linear wave equation with critical non-linearity admitting a positive definite Hamiltonian. Formulating a parametrix for the wave equation in a globally hyperbolic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-04 Puskar Mondal

We study the initial value problem for the Einstein-Klein-Gordon system and establish the global nonlinear stability of massive matter in the near-Minkowski regime when the initial geometry is a perturbation of an asymptotically flat,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-15 Philippe G. LeFloch , Yue Ma

In the Cauchy problem of general relativity one considers initial data that satisfies certain constraints. The evolution equations guarantee that the evolved variables will satisfy the constraints at later instants of time. This is only…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Gioel Calabrese , Jorge Pullin , Oscar Reula , Olivier Sarbach , Manuel Tiglio

This paper studies the Cauchy problem for systems of semi-linear wave equations on $\mathbb{R}^{3+1}$ with nonlinear terms satisfying the null conditions. We construct future global-in-time classical solutions with arbitrarily large initial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-31 Shuang Miao , Long Pei , Pin Yu

In this paper we show the classical global stability of the flat Kaluza-Klein spacetime, which corresponds to Minkowski spacetime in $\m R^{1+4}$ with one direction compactified on a circle. We consider small perturbations which are allowed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-31 Cécile Huneau , Annalaura Stingo , Zoe Wyatt

We prove existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Minkowski problem in any domain of dependence $D$ in $(2+1)$-dimensional Minkowski space, provided $D$ is contained in the future cone over a point. Namely, it is possible to find a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-11 Francesco Bonsante , Andrea Seppi

The emergence of trapped surfaces in solutions to the Einstein field equations is intimately tied to the well-posedness properties of the corresponding Cauchy problem in the low regularity regime. In this paper, we study the question of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-21 Jonathan Luk , Georgios Moschidis

We study the Einstein-Yang-Mills system in both the Lorenz and harmonic gauges, where the Yang-Mills fields are valued in any arbitrary Lie algebra $\cal G$, associated to any compact Lie group $G$. This gives a system of hyperbolic partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Sari Ghanem

In 1993, the global stability of Minkowski spacetime was proved in the celebrated work of Christodoulou and Klainerman. In 2003, Klainerman and Nicol\`o revisited Minkowski stability in the exterior of an outgoing null cone. In 2023, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Dawei Shen

We consider the Cauchy problem for evolutionary Faddeev model corresponding to maps from the Minkowski space $\mathbb{R}^{1 + n}$ to the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^2$, which obey a system of non-linear wave equations. The nonlinearity enjoys…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-03-14 Zhen Lei , Fang-hua Lin , Yi Zhou

We consider linear and non-linear Cauchy equations in the context of Sobolev spaces. In particular, we show the global existence of solutions to the Kirchhoff equation with initial data in the Sobolev spaces, a problem that has been open…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Tokio Matsuyama , Lenny Neyt

We study the Cauchy problem for the three-dimensional isentropic compressible ideal (inviscid and non-resistive) magnetohydrodynamic equations with velocity damping on the periodic torus $\mathbb{T}^3$. The system admits a steady…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Liening Qiao , Jiahong Wu , Fuyi Xu , Xiaoping Zhai

We prove the nonlinear stability of the Schwarzschild spacetime under axially symmetric polarized perturbations, i.e. solutions of the Einstein vacuum equations for asymptotically flat $1+3$ dimensional Lorentzian metrics which admit a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-24 Sergiu Klainerman , Jeremie Szeftel

A classical problem in general relativity is the Cauchy problem for the linearised Einstein equation (the initial value problem for gravitational waves) on a globally hyperbolic vacuum spacetime. A well-known result is that it is uniquely…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Oliver Lindblad Petersen

We investigate the Cauchy problem for the Einstein - scalar field equations in asymptotically flat spherically symmetric spacetimes, in the standard 1+3 formulation. We prove the local existence and uniqueness of solutions for initial data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Edward Malec

We establish the linear instability of the semiclassical Einstein-Klein-Gordon system linearised about the Minkowski vacuum spacetime. The proof relies on formulating a forcing problem for both metric and state perturbations within the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Stefano Galanda , Paolo Meda , Simone Murro , Nicola Pinamonti , Gabriel Schmid

This paper explores the stability of Minkowski-type inequalities for hypersurfaces in warped product spaces. We establish a stability estimate that bounds the norm of the traceless second fundamental form of the hypersurface in terms of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Prachi Sahjwani

We show future global non-linear stability of surface symmetric solutions of the Einstein-Vlasov system with a positive cosmological constant. Estimates of higher derivatives of the metric and the matter terms are obtained using an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-06-18 Ernesto Nungesser