RICCI DEFECTS OF MICROLOCALIZED EINSTEIN METRICS (Q4474542)

The rough solutions of the Einstein vacuum equations \({\mathbf R}_{\alpha\beta}({\mathbf g})= 0\) expressed in wave coordinates \(x^\alpha\): \[ \square_{{\mathbf g}} x^\alpha= (1/|{\mathbf g}|)\partial_\mu({\mathbf g}^{\mu\nu}|{\mathbf g}|\partial_\nu) x^\alpha \] are studied in detail. A statement concerning the Ricci defects of ``microlocalized solutions'' is proven which was previously used by the authors in the proof of the ``asymptotic theorem'' (in press) introduced by them. It is pointed out that this result is of independent interest in situations when one has to smooth out the given space-time metric in order to achieve good causality properties. The paper is organized, as follows: introduction, preliminaries (background estimates, set-up and error terms), wave coordinate condition; first reduction, the algebraic structure of \({\mathbf R}_{\mu\nu}(H)\), the structure of the error and the principal terms as well as the estimates for them.