On geodesics in low regularity

DOI10.1088/1742-6596/968/1/012010MaRDI QIDQ6293232zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors C. Sämann, Roland Steinbauer

Publication date 30 October 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discontinuous ordinary differential equations (34A36) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) General relativity (83C99)

Abstract: We consider geodesics in both Riemannian and Lorentzian manifolds with metrics of low regularity. We discuss existence of extremal curves for continuous metrics and present several old and new examples that highlight their subtle interrelation with solutions of the geodesic equations. Then we turn to the initial value problem for geodesics for locally Lipschitz continuous metrics and generalize recent results on existence, regularity and uniqueness of solutions in the sense of Filippov.

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