On the proof of the thin sandwich conjecture in arbitrary dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.4989573zbMATH Open1386.83006arXiv1703.07899OpenAlexW2606725064WikidataQ122903736 ScholiaQ122903736MaRDI QIDQ4592876FDOQ4592876

Authors: Rodrigo Avalos, Jorge H. Lira, F. Dahia, C. Romero 

Publication date: 9 November 2017

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

Abstract: In this paper we show the validity, under certain geometric conditions, of Wheeler's thin sandwich conjecture for higher dimensional theories of gravity. We extend the results shown by R. Bartnik and G. Fodor for the 3-dimensional case in two ways. On the one hand, we show that the results obtained by the mentioned authors are valid in arbitrary dimensions, and on the other hand we show that the geometric hypotheses needed for the proofs can always be satisfied, which constitutes in itself a new result for the 3-dimensional case. In this way, we show that on any compact n-dimensional manifold, n greater or equal to 3, there is an open set in the space of all possible initial data where the thin sandwich problem is well-posed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.07899

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dependence of solutions to PDEs on initial and/or boundary data and/or on parameters of PDEs (35B30) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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