PARABOLIC METHODS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPACELIKE SLICES OF PRESCRIBED MEAN-CURVATURE IN COSMOLOGICAL SPACETIMES

被引:90
作者
ECKER, K [1 ]
HUISKEN, G [1 ]
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[1] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT MATH,CANBERRA,ACT 2601,AUSTRALIA
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10.1007/BF02104123
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Spacelike hypersurfaces of prescribed mean curvature in cosmological spacetimes are constructed as asymptotic limits of a geometric evolution equation. In particular, an alternative, constructive proof is given for the existence of maximal and constant mean curvature slices.
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