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Past and future gauge in numerical relativity

Maurice H. P. M. van Putten

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0108056

Abstract

Numerical relativity describes a discrete initial value problem for general relativity. A choice of gauge involves slicing space-time into space-like hypersurfaces. This introduces past and future gauge relative to the hypersurface of present time. Here, we propose solving the discretized Einstein equations with a choice of gauge in the future and a dynamical gauge in the past. The method is illustrated on a polarized Gowdy wave.

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