The global existence problem in general relativity

Publication date 14 January 2005

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9911032

Cauchy surface cosmic censorship global existence Killing fields

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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Due to the gauge freedom in the Einstein equations, questions on the global properties of solutions to the Einstein equations must be posed carefully. The present work is a survey of some known facts and open problems related to global properties of \(3+1\) dimensional spacetimes containing a compact Cauchy surface. The fact that the Einstein equations can be formulated as a Hamiltonian system had played a major motivating role for the developments in the paper under review. Nevertheless, the size limitations severely restricted the discussion of this aspect of the Einstein's theory. Instead, only the differential-geometric and analytical aspects of the evolution of initial data are considered. The paper consists of 7 chapters and Appendix and is written in the style of a chapter for the book where it belongs to. The presentation is exceptionally readable and can be useful for both mature researchers and graduate students. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1048.83001].

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