6.2 The Constraints in the 6 The Role of the 6 The Role of the

6.1 The Constraints in the Harmonic Gauge. 

In the harmonic gauge, the role of the constraint equations as such is hidden. This is because the constraint equations become evolution equations due to the gauge choice. Indeed, in the full harmonic gauge all components of the Einstein tensor become a big second order hyperbolic equation for the metric components. The need for the constraints to be satisfied at the initial surface enters the picture because it implies that the first time derivative of the gauge condition must vanish there in order to guarantee that the constraints vanish everywhere. Thus the question about the preservation of the constraint equations does not appear here. At most one can say it has been traded for the question of the gauge consistency.

6.2 The Constraints in the 6 The Role of the 6 The Role of the

image Hyperbolic methods for Einstein's Equations
Oscar A. Reula
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