Lorentzian covering space and homotopy classes

DOI10.1063/1.3670398zbMath1273.58017OpenAlexW2068964720MaRDI QIDQ2851685

Do-Hyung Kim

Publication date: 16 October 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3670398

zbMATH Keywords

globally hyperboliccausal curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy groups, general; sets of homotopy classes (55Q05) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Partial differential equations on manifolds; differential operators (58J99) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

Related Items (3)

Erratum: “Lorentzian covering space and homotopy classes” [J. Math. Phys. 52, 122501 (2011)] ⋮ An imbedding of spacetimes ⋮ Causal and conformal structures of two-dimensional globally hyperbolic spacetimes

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• Linking and causality in globally hyperbolic space-times
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• Smoothness of time functions and the metric splitting of globally hyperbolic spacetimes

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