The Cauchy Problem in General Relativity
by Ringstrom, Hans
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- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 3037190531
- ISBN 13
- 9783037190531
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About This Item
Zurich: European Mathematical Society. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 3037190531 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, ; ESI Lectures in Mathematics and Physics; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 294 pages; The book consists of "Introduction Outline Part I. Background from the theory of partial differential equations: Functional analysis, The Fourier transform, Sobolev spaces, Sobolev embedding, Symmetric hyperbolic systems, Linear wave equations, Local existence, non-linear wave equations Part II. Background in geometry, global hyperbolicity and uniqueness: Basic Lorentz geometry, Characterizations of global hyperbolicity, Uniqueness of solutions to linear wave equations Part III. General relativity: The constraint equations, Local existence, Cauchy stability, Existence of a maximal globally hyperbolic development Part IV. Pathologies, strong cosmic censorship: Preliminaries, Constant mean curvature, Initial data Einstein's vacuum equations, Closed universe recollapse, Asymptotic behaviour, LRS Bianchi class A solutions Existence of extensions, Existence of inequivalent extensions, Appendices, Bibliography and Index" .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17723
- Title
- The Cauchy Problem in General Relativity
- Author
- Ringstrom, Hans
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 3037190531
- ISBN 13
- 9783037190531
- Publisher
- European Mathematical Society
- Place of Publication
- Zurich
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 3037190531, Physics, relativity, sobolev, fourier transform, linear wave, Mathematics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mathematics; SCIENCE;
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