On global existence and convergence of vacuum Robinson-Trautman solutions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/7/8/012zbMath0702.53061OpenAlexW2059404792MaRDI QIDQ3480867

David B. Singleton

Publication date: 1990

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/7/8/012

zbMATH Keywords

convergenceinitial datageometric flowsasymptotic flatnessRobinson-Trautman solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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