A new approach towards the construction of initial data in general relativity with positive Yamabe invariant and arbitrary mean curvature
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| author | Coudray, Armand Gicquaud, Romain |
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| contents | This paper revisits the classical construction of initial data using the conformal method, as originally proposed by Holst, Nagy, and Tsogtgerel and later refined by Maxwell. We demonstrate that the existence of the solution can be proven using the Banach fixed point theorem, whereas the original proof relied on the Schauder fixed point theorem. This new approach has two main advantages: it guarantees the uniqueness of the solution to the equations of the conformal method as soon as one imposes a bound on the physical volume of it and it provides an explicit construction of the solution. |
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| spellingShingle | A new approach towards the construction of initial data in general relativity with positive Yamabe invariant and arbitrary mean curvature Coudray, Armand Gicquaud, Romain General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Analysis of PDEs Differential Geometry 53C21 (Primary), 35Q75, 53C80, 83C05 (Secondary) This paper revisits the classical construction of initial data using the conformal method, as originally proposed by Holst, Nagy, and Tsogtgerel and later refined by Maxwell. We demonstrate that the existence of the solution can be proven using the Banach fixed point theorem, whereas the original proof relied on the Schauder fixed point theorem. This new approach has two main advantages: it guarantees the uniqueness of the solution to the equations of the conformal method as soon as one imposes a bound on the physical volume of it and it provides an explicit construction of the solution. |
| title | A new approach towards the construction of initial data in general relativity with positive Yamabe invariant and arbitrary mean curvature |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Analysis of PDEs Differential Geometry 53C21 (Primary), 35Q75, 53C80, 83C05 (Secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21214 |