Are the Stationary, Axially Symmetric Einstein Equations Completely Integrable?
- 21 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (8), 521-522
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.521
Abstract
A linear eigenvalue problem in the spirit of Lax is constructed for the stationary, axially symmetric Einstein equations. It is conjectured that this entails the complete integrability of the system.Keywords
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