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In regards to the initial-boundary value problem of the Einstein equations, we argue that the projection of the Einstein equations along the normal to the boundary yields necessary and appropriate boundary conditions for a wide class of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 Simonetta Frittelli , Roberto Gomez

The characteristic initial (boundary) value problem has numerous applications in general relativity (GR) involving numerical studies, and is often formulated using Bondi-like coordinates. Recently it was shown that several prototype…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-03 Thanasis Giannakopoulos , Nigel T. Bishop , David Hilditch , Denis Pollney , Miguel Zilhao

In this article we summarize what is known about the initial-boundary value problem for general relativity and discuss present problems related to it.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-25 Oscar Reula , Olivier Sarbach

We consider the motion of an inextensible hanging string of finite length under the action of the gravity. The motion is governed by nonlinear and nonlocal hyperbolic equations, which is degenerate at the free end of the string. We show…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-25 Tatsuo Iguchi , Masahiro Takayama

In this third work in a series, we prove the local-in-time well-posedness of the IBVP for the vacuum Einstein equations in general relativity with twisted DIrichlet boundary conditions on a finite timelike boundary. The boundary conditions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-30 Zhongshan An , Michael T. Anderson

We discuss the initial-boundary value problem of General Relativity. Previous considerations for a toy model problem in electrodynamics motivate the introduction of a variational principle for the lapse with several attractive properties.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Gabriel Nagy , Olivier Sarbach

We consider the initial-boundary value problems on $\mathbb{R}^{+}\times \mathbb{R}^{+}$ for one-dimension systems of quasilinear wave equations with null conditions. We show that for homogeneous Dirichlet boundary values and sufficiently…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Dongbing Zha

In the first of two papers, we study the initial boundary-value problem that underlies the theory of the Boltzmann equation for general non-spherical hard particles. In this work, for two congruent ellipses and for a large class of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-05-15 Mark Wilkinson

We review what is known about boundary conditions in General Relativity on a spacetime of Euclidean signature. The obvious Dirichlet boundary condition, in which one specifies the boundary geometry, is actually not elliptic and in general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-18 Edward Witten

In physical theories, boundary or initial conditions play the role of selecting special situations which can be described by a theory with its general laws. Cosmology has long been suspected to be different in that its fundamental theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Martin Bojowald

A persistent challenge in numerical relativity is the correct specification of boundary conditions. In this work we consider a many parameter family of symmetric hyperbolic initial-boundary value formulations for the linearized Einstein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Gioel Calabrese , Olivier Sarbach

We obtain a general sufficient condition on the geometry of possibly singular planar domains that guarantees global uniqueness for any weak solution to the Euler equations on them whose vorticity is bounded and initially constant near the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-13 Zonglin Han , Andrej Zlatos

A review of the treatment of boundaries in general relativity is presented with the emphasis on application to the formulations of Einstein's equations used in numerical relativity. At present, it is known how to treat boundaries in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Jeffrey Winicour

We consider the initial-boundary value problem in the quarter space for the system of equations of ideal Magneto-Hydrodynamics for compressible fluids with perfectly conducting wall boundary conditions. On the two parts of the boundary the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Paolo Secchi

We establish well-posedness of initial-boundary value problems for continuity equations with BV (bounded total variation) coefficients. We do not prescribe any condition on the orientation of the coefficients at the boundary of the domain.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-04 Gianluca Crippa , Carlotta Donadello , Laura V. Spinolo

We consider an initial boundary value problem in a bounded domain $\Omega$ over a time interval $(0, T)$ for a time-fractional wave equation where the order of the fractional time derivative is between $1$ and $2$ and the spatial elliptic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Paola Loreti , Daniela Sforza , Masahiro Yamamoto

This paper is devoted to the theoretical and numerical investigation of the initial boundary value problem for a system of equations used for the description of waves in coastal areas, namely, the Boussinesq-Abbott system in the presence of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-07 David Lannes , Mathieu Rigal

The three-dimensional quasi-geostrophic equation is considered over a cylindrical domain with a multiply connected horizontal cross-section. Homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions, tantamount to homogeneous density fields, are imposed on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Qingshan Chen

This paper is concerned with the study of the well-posedeness for the initial boundary value problem to the time-fractional wave equation with acoustic boundary conditions. The problem is considered in a bounded and connected domain $\Omega…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-25 Paulo M. de Carvalho-Neto , Cícero L. Frota , Pedro G. P. Torelli

We consider the linear wave equation $V(x) u_{tt}(x, t) - u_{xx}(x, t) = 0$ on $[0, \infty)\times[0, \infty)$ with initial conditions and a nonlinear Neumann boundary condition $u_x(0, t) = (f(u_t(0,t)))_t$ at $x=0$. This problem is an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-13 Sebastian Ohrem , Wolfgang Reichel , Roland Schnaubelt