Local Prescribed Mean Curvature foliations in cosmological spacetimes

Abstract

A theorem about local in time existence of spacelike foliations with prescribed mean curvature in cosmological spacetimes will be proved. The time function of the foliation is geometrically defined and fixes the diffeomorphism invariance inherent in general foliations of spacetimes. Moreover, in contrast to the situation of the more special constant mean curvature foliations, which play an important role in the global analysis of spacetimes, this theorem overcomes the existence problem arising from topological restrictions for surfaces of constant mean curvature.

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• Global Prescribed Mean Curvature foliations in cosmological spacetimes with matter, Part I
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