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Published 1973 | Published
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General relativity partial differential equations and dynamical systems

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In this paper we study two aspects of the Einstein equations of evolution for an empty spacetime. In the first part (§§1-3) we give a simple direct proof that the differentiability of the Cauchy data is maintained for short time. In the second part (§§4-5) we sketch how, on a suitable configuration space. Einstein's equations can be considered as forced geodesics modified by terms which reflect a moving coordinate system equipped with its own system of clocks. Both of these topics will be presented in more detail in paper [15], [12] by Fischer and Marsden.

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© 1973 American Mathematical Society.

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