%0 Journal Article %T The many ways of the characteristic Cauchy problem %A Piotr T. Chru£¿ciel %A Tim-Torben Paetz %J Physics %D 2012 %I arXiv %R 10.1088/0264-9381/29/14/145006 %X We review various aspects of the characteristic initial value problem for the Einstein equations, presenting new approaches to some of the issues arising. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4534v2