The global structure of simple space-times

DOI10.1007/BF01244016zbMath0683.53056MaRDI QIDQ1824880

Richard P. A. C. Newman

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

globally hyperbolicstrong deformation retracttopological classificationschronology conditionnull infinitiessimple space-timesstrongly causal region

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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