Solutions of special asymptotics to the Einstein constraint equations

Abstract

We construct solutions with prescribed asymptotics to the Einstein constraint equations using a cut-off technique. Moreover, we give various examples of vacuum asymptotically flat manifolds whose center of mass and angular momentum are ill-defined.

13 pages; the error in Lemma 3.5 fixed and typos corrected; to appear in Class. Quantum Grav

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