Einstein spacetimes with weak regularity

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Authors Philippe G. LeFloch

Publication date 5 October 2011

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1884

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein space-timesweakly regular space-times

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25)

Abstract: We review recent work on the Einstein equations of general relativity when the curvature is defined in a weak sense. Weakly regular spacetimes are constructed, in which impulsive gravitational waves, as well as shock waves, propagate.

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