Conjecture on smooth parametrization by initial, boundary, and corner data

Let E{\mathcal E} be the space of solutions modulo the relevant gauge equivalence, let B=BC{\mathcal B}={\mathcal B}_C denote the conformal-mean curvature boundary data space, let I0{\mathcal I}_0 denote the initial data space, and let A=C(Σ){\mathcal A}=C^{\infty}(\Sigma) be the space of smooth functions on the corner Σ\Sigma. For a solution gg, write (gS,KS)(g_S,K_S) for its initial data, [gC][g_{\mathcal C}] for the conformal class of the induced boundary metric, HCH_{\mathcal C} for the boundary mean curvature, and αg\alpha_g for its corner data. Conjecture on smooth parametrization by initial, boundary, and corner data. The space E{\mathcal E} is a smooth (Fréchet) manifold, and the smooth map

Φ:EI0×cB×A,\Phi:{\mathcal E}\longrightarrow {\mathcal I}_0\times_c{\mathcal B}\times{\mathcal A}, Φ(g)=((gS,KS),[gC],HC,αg)\Phi(g)=((g_S,K_S),[g_{\mathcal C}],H_{\mathcal C},\alpha_g)

is a diffeomorphism. Thus, after adding corner data, the initial-boundary value constraint problem is locally-in-time well-posed. The conjecture is motivated by non-isometric families with identical initial and conformal-mean curvature boundary data but varying corner angle; its resolution would provide an effective local parametrization of solutions by the augmented data.

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Zhongshan An and Michael T. Anderson, “Well-posed geometric boundary data in General Relativity, III: Conformal-mean curvature boundary data”, arXiv:2503.12599 (2026).

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