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We undertake a systematic review of some results concerning local well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for certain systems of nonlinear wave equations, with minimal regularity assumptions on the initial data. Moreover we provide a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sergiu Klainerman , Sigmund Selberg

We consider the following inverse problem: Suppose a $(1+1)$-dimensional wave equation on $\mathbb{R}_+$ with zero initial conditions is excited with a Neumann boundary data modelled as a white noise process. Given also the Dirichlet data…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-19 Emilia L. K. Blåsten , Tapio Helin , Antti Kujanpää , Lauri Oksanen , Jesse Railo

In this article, we study the coupling of the Einstein field equations of general relativity to a family of models of nonlinear electromagnetic fields. The family comprises all covariant electromagnetic models that satisfy the following…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Jared Speck

The study of Einstein equations leads naturally to Cauchy problems with initial data on hypersurfaces which closely resemble hyperboloids in Minkowski space-time, and with initial data with polyhomogeneous asymptotics, that is, with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Piotr T. Chrusciel , Szymon Leski

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

It is known that there exist solutions with interfaces to various scalar nonlinear wave equations. In this paper, we look for solutions of a two-component system of nonlinear wave equations where one of the components has an interface and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-12 Kyle Thompson

The paper presents a generalization and further development of our recent publications where solutions of the Klein-Fock-Gordon equation defined on a few particular $D=(2+1)$-dim static space-time manifolds were considered. The latter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-01-31 P. P. Fiziev , D. V. Shirkov

We formulate a problem that can be viewed as a natural variation of the so-called Pompeiu or Schiffer problem in the context of scattering of plane waves for the Linear Helmholtz equation. For the two dimensional version of this variation,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Narek Hovsepyan , Michael S. Vogelius

We investigate the properties of a fairly large class of boundary conditions for the linearised Einstein equations in the Riemannian setting, ones which generalise the linearised counterpart of boundary conditions proposed by Anderson.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-11 Matteo Capoferri , Simone Murro , Gabriel Schmid

In this paper, we prove the nonlinear stability in exponential time of Minkowki space-time with a translation space-like Killing field. In the presence of such a symmetry, the 3 + 1 vacuum Einstein equations reduce to the 2 + 1 Einstein…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-22 Cécile Huneau

The superposition principle is fundamental to linear wave systems, ensuring that their physical behaviour is independent of the chosen basis representation. While this principle underpins many analytical techniques, including modal…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Michael Mazilu , Andriejus Demčenko

The paper develops a $(2+2)$-imbedding formalism adapted to a double foliation of spacetime by a net of two intersecting families of lightlike hypersurfaces. The formalism is two-dimensionally covariant, and leads to simple, geometrically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 P. R. Brady , S. Droz , W. Israel , S. M. Morsink

Black holes and gravitational waves are consequences of the nonlinear character of the Einstein equations. Yet, the remarkable properties of General Relativity point to the existence of other effects. Here we uncover new nonlinear facets of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-06 Vitor Cardoso , Jaime Redondo-Yuste , Ulrich Sperhake , Furkan Tuncer

We prove by using an iteration argument some blow-up results for a semilinear damped wave equation in generalized Einstein-de Sitter spacetime with a time-dependent coefficient for the damping term and power nonlinearity. Then, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-15 Alessandro Palmieri

Here we prove a global existence theorem for sufficiently small however fully nonlinear perturbations of a family of background solutions of the $`n+1$' vacuum Einstein equations in the presence of a positive cosmological constant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-02 Puskar Mondal

Wave maps (i.e. nonlinear sigma models) with torsion are considered in 2+1 dimensions. Global existence of smooth solutions to the Cauchy problem is proven for certain reductions under a translation group action: invariant wave maps into…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen C. Anco , James Isenberg

In this paper, we consider an inverse problem for a nonlinear wave equation with a damping term and a general nonlinear term. This problem arises in nonlinear acoustic imaging and has applications in medical imaging and other fields. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Yang Zhang

We present the iterative classical point symmetry analysis of a shallow water wave equation in $2+1$ dimensions and that of its corresponding nonisospectral, two component Lax pair. A few reductions arise and are identified with celebrate…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-10-19 P. G. Estévez , J. D. Lejarreta , C. Sardón

By employing the Bianchi identities for the Riemann tensor in conjunction with the Einstein equations, we construct a first order symmetric hyperbolic system for the evolution part of the Cauchy problem of general relativity. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 Arlen Anderson , Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat , James W. York,

We review the status of "Einstein-Aether theory", a generally covariant theory of gravity coupled to a dynamical, unit timelike vector field that breaks local Lorentz symmetry. Aspects of waves, stars, black holes, and cosmology are…

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