The Lorentzian splitting theorem without the completeness assumption

DOI10.4310/jdg/1214442881zbMath0667.53048OpenAlexW1583212049WikidataQ115182796 ScholiaQ115182796MaRDI QIDQ1117481

Gregory J. Galloway

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214442881

zbMATH Keywords

Busemann functionsCheeger-Gromoll splittingglobally hyperbolic Lorentzian space-timemaximal timelike geodesic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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