Nonlinear distributional geometry and general relativity
arXiv:math-ph/0104041
Abstract
This work reports on the construction of a nonlinear distributional geometry (in the sense of Colombeau's special setting) and its applications to general relativity with a special focus on the distributional description of impulsive gravitational waves.
Latex, 12 pages, Contribution to Proceedings of the International Conference on Generalized Functions (ICGF 2000, Guadeloupe)
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