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We prove a global existence theorem (with respect to a geometrically- defined time) for globally hyperbolic solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations which admit a $T^2$ isometry group with two-dimensional spacelike orbits, acting on $T^3$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Beverly K. Berger , James Isenberg , Piotr T. Chruściel , Vincent Moncrief

We give a sufficient condition, with no restrictions on the mean curvature, under which the conformal method can be used to generate solutions of the vacuum Einstein constraint equations on compact manifolds. The condition requires a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-04-08 David Maxwell

The Einstein postulates assert an invariance of the propagation speed of light in vacuum for any observer, and which amounts to a presumed absence of any preferred frame. The postulates appear to be directly linked to relativistic effects…

General Physics · Physics 2007-08-07 Reginald T. Cahill

In this note, we show that the conical solution-operator method of Mao-Tao in [Localized initial data for Einstein equations] applies to a simple construction of vacuum asymptotically flat initial data at minimal and borderline decay…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Dawei Shen , Jingbo Wan

In this paper we consider the equivariant 2+1 dimensional Einstein-wave map system and show that if the target satisfies the so called Grillakis condition, then global existence holds. In view of the fact that the 3+1 vacuum Einstein…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-08-14 Lars Andersson , Nishanth Gudapati , Jeremie Szeftel

The main goal of this work consists in showing that the analytic solutions for a class of characteristic problems for the Einstein vacuum equations have an existence region larger than the one provided by the Cauchy-Kowalevski theorem due…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-27 Giulio Caciotta , Francesco Nicolò

In this paper, we prove a localised version of the bounded $L^2$-curvature theorem of Klainerman-Rodnianski-Szeftel. More precisely, we consider initial data for the Einstein vacuum equations posed on a compact spacelike hypersurface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-22 Stefan Czimek

We derive explicit formulae for a set of constraints for the Einstein equations on a null hypersurface, in arbitrary dimensions. We solve these constraints and show that they provide necessary and sufficient conditions so that a spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-14 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat , Piotr T. Chruściel , José M. Martín-García

In a recent work, Ringstr\"om proposed a geometric notion of initial data on big bang singularities. Moreover, he conjectured that initial data on the singularity could be used to parameterize quiescent solutions to Einstein's equations;…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-18 Andrés Franco-Grisales

We consider a characteristic problem of the vacuum Einstein equations with part of the initial data given on a future complete null cone with suitable decay, and show that the solution exists uniformly around the null cone for general such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-03 Junbin Li , Xi-Ping Zhu

We express the vacuum Einstein constraints in terms of differential forms - the forms include one-forms constituting an orthonormal coframe of the spatial metric. We show that if the metric is real-analytic, then the constraints can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-01 Andrzej Okolow , Jakub Szymankiewicz

Stationary, axisymmetric, vacuum, solutions of Einstein's equations are obtained as critical points of the total mass among all axisymmetric and $(t,\phi)$ symmetric initial data with fixed angular momentum. In this variational principle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Sergio Dain

The problem involved in this paper is the global existence of the solution to the $\mathfrak{su}(2)$-Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs(EYMH) equation. The approach we employ stems from H. Lindblad and I. Rodnianski and is dependent of wave…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-09-05 Zonglin Jia , Boling Guo

We prove existence of solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations with initial data induced by a smooth metric on a light-cone.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-11 Piotr T. Chruściel

Assuming the four-dimensional space-time to be a general warped product of two surfaces we reduce the four-dimensional Einstein equations to a two-dimensional problem which can be solved. All global vacuum solutions are explicitly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. O. Katanaev , T. Kloesch , W. Kummer

We review various aspects of the characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein equations, presenting new approaches to some of the issues arising.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Piotr T. Chruściel , Tim-Torben Paetz

We consider the existence and stability of the Einstein static universe under the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) effects. We show that this solution in the presence of perfect fluid with a minimal length is cyclically stable around…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-25 K. Atazadeh , F. Darabi

General hypersurfaces of any causal character can be studied abstractly using the hypersurface data formalism. In the null case, we write down all tangential components of the ambient Ricci tensor in terms of the abstract data. Using this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-09 Marc Mars , Gabriel Sánchez-Pérez

Recent results on solutions of the Einstein equations with matter are surveyed and a number of open questions are stated. The first group of results presented concern asymptotically flat spacetimes, both stationary and dynamical. Then there…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Alan D. Rendall

We derive a unique continuation theorem for the vacuum Einstein equations. Our method of proof utilizes Carleman estimates (most importantly one obtained recently by Ionescu and Klainerman), but also relies strongly on certain geometric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-02 Spyros Alexakis