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I. Rodnianski

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arXiv2010

On emerging scarred surfaces for the Einstein vacuum equations

This is a follow up on our previous work in which we have presented a modified, simpler version of the remarkable recent result of Christodoulou on the formation of trapped surfaces. In this paper we prove two related results. First we extend the semi-global existence result, which was at the heart of our previous work, to an optimal range. We then use it to establish the formation of surfaces with multiple pre-scarred angular components.

gr-qc↗
arXiv2009

On the formation of trapped surfaces

In a recent important breakthrough D. Christodoulou has solved a long standing problem of General Relativity of evolutionary formation of trapped surfaces in the Einstein-vacuum space-times. He has identified an open set of regular initial conditions on an outgoing null hypersurface (both finite and at past null infinity) leading to a formation a trapped surface in the corresponding vacuum space-time to the future of the initial outgoing hypersurface and another incoming null hypersurface with the prescribed Minkowskian data. In this paper we give a simpler proof for a finite problem by enlarging the admissible set of initial conditions and, consistent with this, relaxing the corresponding propagation estimates just enough that a trapped surface still forms. We also reduce the number of derivatives needed in the argument from two derivatives of the curvature to just one. More importantly, the proof, which can be easily localized with respect to angular sectors, has the potential for further developments.

gr-qc↗
arXiv2008

On the breakdown criterion in General Relativity

We give a geometric criterion for the breakdown of an Einstein vacuum space-time foliated by a constant mean curvature, or maximal, foliation. More precisely we show that the foliated space-time can be extended as long as the the second fundamental form and the first derivatives of the logarithm of the lapse of the foliation remain uniformly bounded. No restrictions on the size of the initial data are made.

math.AP↗
arXiv2006

A Kirchoff-Sobolev parametrix for the wave equation and applications

We propose a geometric construction of a first order physical space parametrix for solutions to covariant, tensorial wave equations on a curved background. We describe its applications to a large data breakdown criterion in General Relativity and also give a new gauge independent proof of the Eardley-Moncrief result on large data global existence result for the 3+1-dimensional Yang-MIlls equations.

math.AP↗
arXiv2006

On the radius of injectivity of null hypersurfaces

The paper is concerned with regularity properties of boundaries of causal pasts of points in a 3+1-dimensional Einstein-vacuum spacetime. In a Lorentzian manifold such boundaries play crucial role in propagation of linear and nonlinear waves. We prove a uniform lower bound on the radius of injectivity of these null boundaries in terms of the Riemann curvature flux along them and some additional quantities arising specifically in a problem of a large data breakdown criterion in General Relativity

math.DG↗
arXiv2003

Dispersive analysis of the charge transfer models

We prove the dispersive estimates for charge transfer Hamiltonians, including the matrix non-selfadjoint generalizations. The charge transfer models appear naturally in the study of stability of multi-soliton systems.

math.AP↗
arXiv2003

Asymptotic stability of N-soliton states of NLS

The focusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation possesses special non-dispersive solitary type solutions, solitons. Under certain spectral assumptions we show existence and asymptotic stability of solutions with the asymptoic profile (as time goes to infinity) of a linear combination of N non-colliding solitons.

math.AP↗
arXiv2001

Time decay for solutions of Schrödinger equations with rough and time dependent potentials

We establish dispersive and Strichartz estimates for solutions to the linear time-dependent Schrödinger equations with potential in three dimensions. Our main focus is on the small rough time-dependent potentials. Examples of such potentials are of the form $V(t,x)=T(t) V_0(x)$, where $T$ is quasiperiodic in time and $V_0$ is essentially an $L^{3/2}$ function of the spatial variables. We also prove the dispersive estimates for small time-independent potentials which belong to the interestion of the Rollnik and global Kato classes. Finally, we settle the question posed by Journe, Soffer, Sogge concerning Strichartz estimates for potentials that decay faster than $|x|^{-2}$.

math.AP↗
arXiv2001

Ricci defects of microlocalized Einstein metrics

This is the third and last in our series of papers concerning rough solutions of the Einstein vacuum equations expressed relative to wave coordinates. In this paper we prove an important result concerning Ricci defects of microlocalized solutions, stated and used in the proof of the crucial Asymptotics Theorem in our second paper "The causal structure of the microlocalized rough Einstein metrics"

math.AP↗
arXiv2001

Rough solution for the Einstein Vacuum equations

This is the first in a series Of papers in which we initiate the study Of very rough solutions to the initial value problem for the Einstein Vacuum equations expressed relative to wave coordinates. By very rough we mean solutions which cannot be constructed by the classical techniques Of energy estimates and Sobolev inequalities. Following our previous work on quasilinear wave equations we develop new analytic methods based on Strichartz type inequalities which results in a gain of half a derivative relative to the classical result. Thus our result requires only $H^{2+ε}$ regularity for the data. Our methods blend paradifferential techniques with a geometric approach to the derivation of decay estimates. The latter allows us to take full advantage of the specific structure of the Einstein equations.

math.AP↗
arXiv2001

The causal structure of microlocalized Einstein metrics

This is the second in a series of three papers in which we initiate the study of very rough solutions to the initial value problem for the Einstein vacuum equations expressed relative to wave coordinates. By very rough we mean solutions which cannot be constructed by the classical techniques of energy estimates and Sobolev inequalities. In this paper we develop the geometric analysis of the Eikinal equation for microlocalized rough Einstein metrics. This is a crucial step in the derivation of the decay estimates needed in our first paper.

math.AP↗
arXiv2000

On the Global Regularity of Wave Maps in the Critical Sobolev Norm

We extend the recent result of T.Tao to wave maps defined from the Minkowski space of dimension >4 to a target Riemannian manifold which possesses a ``bounded parallelizable'' structure. This is the case of Lie groups, homogeneous spaces as well as the hyperbolic spaces. General compact Riemannian manifolds can be imbedded as totally geodesic submanifolds in bounded parallelizable manifolds, and therefore are also covered, in principle, by our result. Compactness of the target manifold, which seemed to play an important role in Tao's result, turns out however to play no role in our discussion. Our proof follows closely that of Tao's recent paper and is based, in particular, on its remarkable microlocal gauge renormalization idea.

math.AP↗
arXiv2000

Diophantine properties of elements of SO(3)

A number alpha in R is diophantine if it is not well approximable by rationals, i.e. for some C, nu>0 and any relatively prime p, q in Z we have |alpha q -p|>C q^{-1-\vu}. It is well-known and easy to prove that almost every alpha in R is diophantine. In this paper we address a noncommutative version of the question about diophantine properties. Consider a pair A,B in SO(3) and for each n in Z_+ take all possible words in A, A^{-1}, B, and B^{-1} of length n, i.e. for a multiindex I=(i_1,j_1,..., i_s,j_s) put |I|=\sum_{k=1}^s (|i_k|+|j_k|) and W_{A,B}(n)={W_{I}(A,B)= A^{i_1}B^{j_1}... A^{i_s}B^{j_s}}_{|I|=n}. Gamburd-Jakobson-Sarnak raised the problem: prove that for Haar almost every pair A, B in SO(3) the closest distance of the word of length n to the identity, i.e. s_{A,B}(n)=min_{|I|=n} |W_{I}(A,B)-Id|, is bounded from below by an exponential function in n. This is an analog of diophantine property for elements of SO(3). In this paper we make first step toward understanding diophantine properties of SO(3). We prove that s_{A,B}(n) is bounded from below by an exponential function in n^2. We also exhibit obstructions to prove a simple exponential in n estimate.

math.NT↗