Shock-wave solutions of the Einstein equations with perfect fluid sources: Existence and consistency by a locally inertial Glimm scheme

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 172, Issue 813, 2004, Pages

  Groah, Jeff ^a   Temple, Blake ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

General Relativity; Glimm Scheme; Shock Waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744228072     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/memo/0813     Document Type: Review

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