The bounded \(L^2\) curvature conjecture (Q887950)

This paper is devoted to the study of the relationship between the curvature tensor and the causal geometry of an Einstein vacuum spacetime. It focuses on the bounded-\(L^2\)-curvature conjecture that the time of existence of a classical solution to the Einstein vacuum equations depends only on the \(L^2\) norm of the curvature and a lower bound on the volume radius of the corresponding initial data set. Here, a complete proof of the \(L^2\) curvature conjecture is given. The optimality of the result regarding the causal geometric properties is investigated. It is worth mentioning that \(L^2\) curvature bounds are needed to find lower bounds for the radius of injectivity of causal boundaries. These are essential tools in the study of well-posedness for quasilinear hyperbolic systems in spacetimes of higher dimensions.