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The nonlinear stability of the Minkowski metric in general relativity

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Claude Carasso Pierre Charrier Bernard Hanouzet Jean-Luc Joly

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Christodoulou, D., Klainerman, S. (1989). The nonlinear stability of the Minkowski metric in general relativity. In: Carasso, C., Charrier, P., Hanouzet, B., Joly, JL. (eds) Nonlinear Hyperbolic Problems. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1402. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0083872

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