A solvable string on a Lorentzian surface

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2013.10.009zbMATH Open1284.58017arXiv1303.0087OpenAlexW2963792131WikidataQ115356464 ScholiaQ115356464MaRDI QIDQ2636741FDOQ2636741

Authors: Jeanne N. Clelland, Peter J. Vassiliou 

Publication date: 31 January 2014

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that there are nonlinear sigma models which are Darboux integrable and possess a solvable Vessiot group in addition to those whose Vessiot groups are central extensions of semi-simple Lie groups. They govern harmonic maps between Minkowski space $mathbb{R}^{1,1}$ and certain complete, non-constant curvature 2-metrics. The solvability of the Vessiot group permits a reduction of the general Cauchy problem to quadrature. We treat the specific case of harmonic maps from Minkowski space into a non-constant curvature Lorentzian 2-metric, $$. Despite the completeness of $$ we exhibit a Cauchy problem with real analytic initial data which blows up in finite time. We also derive a hyperbolic Weierstrass representation formula for all harmonic maps from $mathbb{R}^{1,1}$ into $$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.0087

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zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy problemDarboux integrabilityharmonic mapWeierstrass representationpseudo-Riemannian surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Initial value problems for second-order hyperbolic equations (35L15) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45)

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