Inversion of a ‘discontinuous coordinate transformation’ in general relativity

DOI10.1080/00036811.2010.490526zbMath1229.83030arXiv1003.4245OpenAlexW2072174270WikidataQ58244491 ScholiaQ58244491MaRDI QIDQ3096910

Evelina Erlacher, Michael Grosser

Publication date: 15 November 2011

Published in: Applicable Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.4245

zbMATH Keywords

Colombeau algebradiscontinuous coordinate transformationdistributional metricimpulsive pp-waveinverse generalized function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Implicit function theorems, Jacobians, transformations with several variables (26B10) Gravitational waves (83C35) Generalized functions for nonlinear analysis (Rosinger, Colombeau, nonstandard, etc.) (46F30)

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