A canonical null gauge for the Einstein equations (Q1584754)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1525522
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    A canonical null gauge for the Einstein equations
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1525522

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      A canonical null gauge for the Einstein equations (English)
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      5 November 2000
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      A null tetrad is constructed which is determined uniquely by purely local information, the metric and its first derivatives. That leads to a radial coordinate. These properties simplify the structure of the hypersurface Einstein equations.
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      Einstein equations
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      null geometry
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      characteristic coordinates
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