Mathematical Clarification of General Relativistic Variational Principles

2004/03/10 by András László, Á. László, László, András
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0403041

17 pages

arxiv created 2004/09/23 · arxiv updated 2016/08/31

Abstract

In this paper a mathematically precise global (i.e. not the usual local) approach is presented to the variational principles of general relativistic classical field theories. Problems of the classic (usual) approaches are also discussed in comparison. The aim of developing a global approach is to provide a possible tool for future efforts on proving global existence theorems of field theoretical solutions.

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