On the Hamiltonian of general relativity

DOI10.1016/0378-4371(84)90226-7zbMath0599.70027OpenAlexW2038901606MaRDI QIDQ1080674

Abhay Ashtekar

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(84)90226-7

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy data for Minkowski spaceHamiltonian description of general relativityphasespace of asymptotically flat gravitational fieldstime-translations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H99) Classical field theories (70Sxx)

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