On the global evolution problem in \(2+1\) gravity

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(97)87804-7zbMath0898.58003arXivgr-qc/9610013MaRDI QIDQ1377242

Lars Andersson, Anthony J. Tromba, Vincent E. Moncrief

Publication date: 1 November 1998

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9610013

zbMATH Keywords

evolution equation\(2+1\) gravityglobally hyperbolicDirichlet energyCMC gaugeconformal constraint equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences (58D30) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10) Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30) Heat and other parabolic equation methods for PDEs on manifolds (58J35) Equations in function spaces; evolution equations (58D25)

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