The Euler-Poisson-Darboux equation for relativists

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2045-2071

  Stewart, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characteristic initial value problem; Hyperbolic equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650987415     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-009-0829-3     Document Type: Review

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