Cones and causal structures on topological and differentiable manifolds

DOI10.1063/1.533108zbMath0976.83003arXivgr-qc/9905106OpenAlexW3099143743MaRDI QIDQ4498505

Martin Rainer

Publication date: 16 August 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9905106

zbMATH Keywords

causalityLorentzian manifoldcone structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50)

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Cites Work

• Null cones and pseudo-Riemannian metrics
• A new topology for curved space–time which incorporates the causal, differential, and conformal structures
• The class of continuous timelike curves determines the topology of spacetime
• Lorentzian metrics from characteristic surfaces

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