Topology change and the unity of space

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00003-4zbMath1222.83128OpenAlexW2100844442MaRDI QIDQ720381

Craig Callender, Robert Weingard

Publication date: 14 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1355-2198(00)00003-4

zbMATH Keywords

spacetimeEuler characteristicgeneral relativitytopology changenon-orientabilityunity of space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Physics (00A79) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-01)

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