The Cauchy problem for the Einstein equations


In November 1993 I gave some lectures at the University of Leipzig on the Cauchy problem for the Einstein equations. These lectures were intended to be accessible to students, and so I tried to keep the necessary background in differential geometry and analysis to a minimum.
    The lecture notes are here

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