Is the Regge calculus a consistent approximation to general relativity?

DOI10.1023/A:1001937108480zbMATH Open0983.83009arXivgr-qc/9502043MaRDI QIDQ1582422FDOQ1582422

Authors: Leo Brewin 

Publication date: 25 April 2002

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We will ask the question of whether or not the Regge calculus (and two related simplicial formulations) is a consistent approximation to General Relativity. Our criteria will be based on the behaviour of residual errors in the discrete equations when evaluated on solutions of the Einstein equations. We will show that for generic simplicial lattices the residual errors can not be used to distinguish metrics which are solutions of Einstein's equations from those that are not. We will conclude that either the Regge calculus is an inconsistent approximation to General Relativity or that it is incorrect to use residual errors in the discrete equations as a criteria to judge the discrete equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9502043

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zbMATH Keywords

Einstein equationsgeneral relativityRegge calculus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27)

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