Involutive systems of differential equations: Einstein’s strength versus Cartan’s degré d’arbitraire

DOI10.1063/1.529424zbMath0728.53041OpenAlexW2043817880MaRDI QIDQ3352091

Michael Sué

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529424

zbMATH Keywords

initial-value problemstrengthcompatibilitypartial-differential equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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Cites Work

• The "Strength" of a System of Differential Equations
• On the strength of Maxwell’s equations