Shock-Wave Solutions Of The Einstein Equations With Perfect Fluid Sources: Existence And Consistency By A Locally Inertial Glimm Scheme

by Jeff Groah, Blake Temple

Demonstrates the consistency of the Einstein equations at the level of shock-waves by proving the existence of shock wave solutions of the spherically symmetric Einstein equations for a perfect fluid, starting from initial density and velocity profiles that are only locally of bounded total variation.

84 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 2004