On the well posedness of Robinson-Trautman-Maxwell solutions

• We show that the so-called Robinson - Trautman - Maxwell equations do not constitute a well-posed initial-value problem. That is, the dependence of the solution on the initial data is not continuous in any norm built out from the initial data and a finite number of its derivatives. Thus, they cannot be used to solve for solutions outside the analytic domain.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics

Multidisciplinary; Physics

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Physics

Fysik

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