Non-uniqueness in conformal formulations of the Einstein constraints

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/24/8/002zbMATH Open1113.83008arXivgr-qc/0610129OpenAlexW2049440381MaRDI QIDQ3435845FDOQ3435845

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Publication date: 7 May 2007

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Standard methods in non-linear analysis are used to show that there exists a parabolic branching of solutions of the Lichnerowicz-York equation with an unscaled source. We also apply these methods to the extended conformal thin sandwich formulation and show that if the linearised system develops a kernel solution for sufficiently large initial data then we obtain parabolic solution curves for the conformal factor, lapse and shift identical to those found numerically by Pfeiffer and York. The implications of these results for constrained evolutions are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0610129

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25)

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