A conformal boundary for space-times based on light-like geodesics: The 3-dimensional case

DOI10.1063/1.4976506zbMath1360.83010OpenAlexW2592236506MaRDI QIDQ2968435

J. Lafuente, A. Bautista, Robert J. Low, Alberto Ibort

Publication date: 13 March 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://eprints.ucm.es/42069/1/Lafuente13.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicslight raysconformal boundary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

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