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The many ways of the characteristic Cauchy problem

Piotr T. Chruściel, Tim-Torben Paetz

Classical and Quantum Gravity · 2012 · 53 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

We review various aspects of the characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein equations, presenting new approaches to some of the issues arising.

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