Characteristic surface data for the eikonal equation

DOI10.1063/1.532708MaRDI QIDQ4701742zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ezra T. Newman, A. Perez

Publication date 21 November 1999

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9809016

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy datacurved space-timeshigh frequency limitwave equationwave-front singularities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Gravitational waves (83C35) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Abstract: A method of solving the eikonal equation, in either flat or curved space-times, with arbitrary Cauchy data, is extended to the case of data given on a characteristic surface. We find a beautiful relationship between the Cauchy and characteristic data for the same solution, namely they are related by a Legendre transformation. From the resulting solutions, we study and describe their associated wave-front singularities.

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• GR via characteristic surfaces

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