Well-posed quasi-linear second-order hyperbolic systems with applications to nonlinear elastodynamics and general relativity

1977 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. R. Hughes ◽  
Tosio Kato ◽  
Jerrold E. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Hyperbolic Systems ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Nonlinear Elastodynamics ◽  
Well Posed

scholarly journals CONSTRUCTING HYPERBOLIC SYSTEMS IN THE ASHTEKAR FORMULATION OF GENERAL RELATIVITY

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 13-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEN YONEDA ◽  
HISA-AKI SHINKAI
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Hyperbolic System ◽  
Hyperbolic Systems ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Well Posedness ◽  
Symmetric Hyperbolic System ◽  
The Cauchy Problem ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Vacuum Spacetime ◽  
Gauge Conditions

Hyperbolic formulations of the equations of motion are essential technique for proving the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem of a system, and are also helpful for implementing stable long time evolution in numerical applications. We, here, present three kinds of hyperbolic systems in the Ashtekar formulation of general relativity for Lorentzian vacuum spacetime. We exhibit several (I) weakly hyperbolic, (II) diagonalizable hyperbolic, and (III) symmetric hyperbolic systems, with each their eigenvalues. We demonstrate that Ashtekar's original equations form a weakly hyperbolic system. We discuss how gauge conditions and reality conditions are constrained during each step toward constructing a symmetric hyperbolic system.

scholarly journals A MODEL PROBLEM FOR THE INITIAL-BOUNDARY VALUE FORMULATION OF EINSTEIN'S FIELD EQUATIONS

2005 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 397-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
OSCAR REULA ◽  
OLIVIER SARBACH
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Model Problem ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Initial Boundary ◽  
Einstein’S Field Equations ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Einstein's Field Equations ◽  
Initial Boundary Value ◽  
Well Posed

In many numerical implementations of the Cauchy formulation of Einstein's field equations one encounters artificial boundaries which raises the issue of specifying boundary conditions. Such conditions have to be chosen carefully. In particular, they should be compatible with the constraints, yield a well posed initial-boundary value formulation and incorporate some physically desirable properties like, for instance, minimizing reflections of gravitational radiation. Motivated by the problem in General Relativity, we analyze a model problem, consisting of a formulation of Maxwell's equations on a spatially compact region of space–time with timelike boundaries. The form in which the equations are written is such that their structure is very similar to the Einstein–Christoffel symmetric hyperbolic formulations of Einstein's field equations. For this model problem, we specify a family of Sommerfeld-type constraint-preserving boundary conditions and show that the resulting initial-boundary value formulations are well posed. We expect that these results can be generalized to the Einstein–Christoffel formulations of General Relativity, at least in the case of linearizations about a stationary background.

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