The Einstein Equations and the Large Scale Behavior of Gravitational Fields
Subtitle: 50 Years of the Cauchy Problem in General Relativity
Contributors: Piotr T. Chrusciel (Editor); Helmut Friedrich (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: December 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9783764371302
Subjects: Relativity physics; Relativity; Science; Science/Mathematics; Cosmology; Physics; Science / Relativity
First sentence: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat's epic work of over 50 years ago shows that if a set of smooth initial data which satisfies the Einstein constraint equations is given, then we can always find a spacetime solution of the Einstein equations which contains an embedded hypersurface whose metric and second fundamental form agree with the chosen data.
Description: "Graduate students, analysts and numerical relativists will profit from this access to recent research on the analysis and structure of Einstein's equations and the behavior of their solutions."--Jacket.