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Given asymptotically flat initial data on M^3 for the vacuum Einstein field equation, and given a bounded domain in M, we construct solutions of the vacuum constraint equations which agree with the original data inside the given domain, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Justin Corvino , Richard M. Schoen

We review recent efforts to construct gravitational theories on discrete space-times, usually referred to as the ``consistent discretization'' approach. The resulting theories are free of constraints at the canonical level and therefore…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Rodolfo Gambini , Jorge Pullin

We study the phenomenon of bounces, as predicted by Belinski, Khalatnikov and Lifshitz (BKL), as an instability mechanism within the setting of the Einstein vacuum equations in Gowdy symmetry. In particular, for a wide class of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-23 Warren Li

We consider the Einstein-dust equations with positive cosmological constant $\lambda$ on manifolds with time slices diffeomorphic to an orientable, compact 3-manifold $S$. It is shown that the set of standard Cauchy data for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-24 Helmut Friedrich

The rigidity statement of the positive mass theorem asserts that an asymptotically flat initial data set for the Einstein equations with zero ADM mass, and satisfying the dominant energy condition, must arise from an embedding into…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Edward Bryden , Marcus Khuri , Christina Sormani

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

The Cauchy problem for a quasilinear system of hyperbolic equations describing plane one-dimensional relativistic oscillations of electrons in a cold plasma is considered. For some simplified formulation of the problem, a criterion for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-08 Olga S. Rozanova , Eugeniy V. Chizhonkov

The emergent universe scenario was proposed to solve the big bang singularity by suggesting that the universe originates from an Einstein static state and then evolves into a subsequently inflationary era. Thus, to find the relic of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-01 Qihong Huang , Kaituo Zhang , Zhenxing Fang , Feiquan Tu

In this paper, the role of anisotropy and inhomogeneity has been studied in quasi-spherical gravitational collapse. Also the role of initial data has been investigated in characterizing the final state of collapse. Finally, a linear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Subenoy Chakraborty , Ujjal Debnath

We establish Lipschitz stability for both the potential and the initial conditions from a single boundary measurement in the context of a hyperbolic boundary initial value problem. In our setting, the initial conditions are allowed to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Shiqi Ma

Many evolution problems in physics are described by partial differential equations on an infinite domain; therefore, one is interested in the solutions to such problems for a given initial dataset. A prominent example is the binary black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Olivier Sarbach , Manuel Tiglio

This paper revisits the classical construction of initial data using the conformal method, as originally proposed by Holst, Nagy, and Tsogtgerel and later refined by Maxwell. We demonstrate that the existence of the solution can be proven…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Armand Coudray , Romain Gicquaud

We establish existence and uniqueness of global, bounded weak solutions to quasilinear PDEs with bounded, uniformly continuous initial data and investigate their properties. Moreover, we establish existence of bounded weak solutions when…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Sebastian Bechtel , Pascal Auscher

Einstein's equations are known to lead to the formation of black holes and spacetime singularities. This appears to be a manifestation of the mathematical phenomenon of finite-time blowup: a formation of singularities from regular initial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Amos Ori , Dan Gorbonos

We analyze the global dynamics of Bianchi type I solutions of the Einstein equations with anisotropic matter. The matter model is not specified explicitly but only through a set of mild and physically motivated assumptions; thereby our…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-18 Simone Calogero , J. Mark Heinzle

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

The approach of a quantum state to a cosmological singularity is studied through the evolution of its moments in a simple version of a Bianchi I model. In spite of the simplicity, the model exhibits several instructive and unexpected…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-03 Ana Alonso-Serrano , Martin Bojowald , David Brizuela

This work consists of two distinct parts. In the first part we present a new method for solving the initial value problem of general relativity. Given any spatial metric with a surface orthogonal Killing field and two freely specified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 John Baker , Raymond Stanley Puzio

This lecture is devoted to the problem of computing initial data for the Cauchy problem of 3+1 general relativity. The main task is to solve the constraint equations. The conformal technique, introduced by Lichnerowicz and enhanced by York,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Eric Gourgoulhon

It is shown that the initial conditions in the quasi-Heisenberg quantization scheme can be set at the initial cosmological singularity per se. This possibility is provided by finiteness of some quantities, namely momentums of the dynamical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-01 S. L. Cherkas , V. L. Kalashnikov