A note on the null surface formulation of GR

DOI10.1023/A:1010232416114zbMath0989.83004OpenAlexW1651511434MaRDI QIDQ5947445

Gilberto Silva-Ortigoza

Publication date: 24 July 2002

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010232416114

zbMATH Keywords

general relativityflat space-timenull surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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