Origins and development of the Cauchy problem in general relativity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/12/124003zbMath1320.83010MaRDI QIDQ5264442

Hans Ringström

Publication date: 27 July 2015

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/32/12/124003

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy problem; initial value problem; general relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

83C57: Black holes

01A70: Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory

83C75: Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc.

83-03: History of relativity and gravitational theory