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Valiente Kroon’s obstructions to smoothness at infinity

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We conjecture an interpretation in terms of multipole moments of the obstructions to smoothness at infinity found for time-symmetric, conformally-flat initial data by Kroon (Commun Math Phys 244(1):133–156, 2004).

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We are grateful to Prof Valiente Kroon for discussions. JG is grateful to St. John’s College, Oxford for a Visiting Scholarship during which this work was carried out. He is also grateful to the Mathematical Institute in Oxford for their hospitality.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

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  2. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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Grant, J., Tod, P. Valiente Kroon’s obstructions to smoothness at infinity. Gen Relativ Gravit 47, 18 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-015-1861-0

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