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In $3+1$ dimensions, we study the stability of Kasner solutions for the Einstein-Maxwell-scalar field-Vlasov system. This system incorporates gravity, electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions for the initial stage of our universe. Due…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-27 Xinliang An , Taoran He , Dawei Shen

We prove the nonlinear stability, in the contracting direction, of the entire subcritical family of Kasner-scalar field solutions to the Einstein-scalar field equations in four spacetime dimensions. Our proof relies on a zero-shift,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-24 F. Beyer , T. A. Oliynyk , W. Zheng

Hawking's singularity theorem says that cosmological solutions arising from initial data with positive mean curvature have a past singularity. However, the nature of the singularity remains unclear. We therefore ask: If the initial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-03 Hans Oude Groeniger , Oliver Petersen , Hans Ringström

In the mathematical physics literature, there are heuristic arguments, going back three decades, suggesting that for an open set of initially smooth solutions to the Einstein-vacuum equations in high dimensions, stable, approximately…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-19 Igor Rodnianski , Jared Speck

We prove a stable singularity formation result for solutions to the Einstein-scalar field and Einstein-stiff fluid systems. Our results apply to small perturbations of the spatially flat FLRW solution with topology $(0,\infty) \times…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-07-24 Igor Rodnianski , Jared Speck

We linearize the Einstein-scalar field equations, expressed relative to constant mean curvature (CMC)-transported spatial coordinates gauge, around members of the well-known family of Kasner solutions on $(0,\infty) \times \mathbb{T}^3$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-19 Igor Rodnianski , Jared Speck

It has been shown that, in spacetime dimensions $n\geq 3$, that the Kasner-scalar field solutions to the Einstein-scalar fields equations with potential $V_0 e^{-s \phi}$, where $s<s_c=\sqrt{\frac{8(n-1)}{n-2}}$ and $V_0\in \mathbb{R}$, are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-02 Florian Beyer , David Garfinkle , James Isenberg , Todd A. Oliynyk

The emergent mechanism provides a possible way to resolve the big bang singularity problem by assuming that our universe originates from the Einstein static (ES) state. Thus, the existence of a stable ES solution becomes a very crucial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-14 Qihong Huang , Puxun Wu , Hongwei Yu

We prove the past nonlinear stability of the sub-critical Kasner-scalar field solutions to the Einstein-scalar field equations on a truncated cone domain in spacetime dimensions $n\geq4$. Our analysis demonstrates that the perturbed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-16 Weihang Zheng

In this paper, we give a new proof to a past stability result established in Fournodavlos-Rodnianski-Speck (arXiv:2012.05888), for Kasner solutions of the $(3+1)$-dimensional Einstein vacuum equations under polarized $U(1)$-symmetry. Our…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-13 Kai Dong

We establish the existence of a stable family of solutions to the Euler equations on Kasner backgrounds near the singularity with the full expected asymptotic data degrees of freedom and no symmetry or isotropy restrictions. Existence is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Florian Beyer , Todd A. Oliynyk

The stability of an Einstein static universe in the DGP braneworld scenario is studied in this paper. Two separate branches denoted by $\epsilon=\pm1$ of the DGP model are analyzed. Assuming the existence of a perfect fluid with a constant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-21 Kaituo Zhang , Puxun Wu , Hongwei Yu

This article is the second of two in which we develop a geometric framework for analysing silent and anisotropic big bang singularities. In the present article, we record geometric conclusions obtained by combining the geometric framework…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-03 Hans Ringström

We consider the wave equation, $\square_g\psi=0$, in fixed flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker and Kasner spacetimes with topology $\mathbb{R}_+\times\mathbb{T}^3$. We obtain generic blow up results for solutions to the wave equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-04 Artur Alho , Grigorios Fournodavlos , Anne T. Franzen

We introduce a large family of homogeneous and isotropic cosmological solutions in quadratic gravity which are singularity-free at early and late times. This kind of smooth solutions only emerges beyond the unstable de Sitter branch…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-16 M. Asorey , F. Ezquerro , M. Pardina

We show a stability result for the Schwarzschild singularity (inside the black hole region) for the Einstein vacuum equations. The result is proven in the class of polarized axial symmetry, under perturbations of the Schwarzschild data…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-07 Spyros Alexakis , Grigorios Fournodavlos

There are three categories of mathematical results concerning quiescent big bang singularities: the derivation of asymptotics in a symmetry class; the construction of spacetimes given initial data on the singularity; and the proof of big…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-03 Andrés Franco-Grisales , Hans Ringström

Confirming previous heuristic analyses \`a la Belinskii-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz, it is rigorously proven that certain ``subcritical'' Einstein-matter systems exhibit a monotone, generalized Kasner behaviour in the vicinity of a spacelike…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Thibault Damour , Marc Henneaux , Alan D. Rendall , Marsha Weaver

We consider the scalar wave equation $\square_g \phi$ and the linearized Einstein-scalar field system around generalized Kasner spacetimes with spatial topology $\mathbb{T}^D$. In suitable regimes for the Kasner exponents, it is known that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Warren Li

We study the emergent scenario, which is proposed to avoid the big bang singularity, in the Einstein-Cartan (EC) theory with a positive cosmological constant and a perfect fluid by analyzing the existence and stability of the Einstein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-19 Qihong Huang , Puxun Wu , Hongwei Yu
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