Chronological spacetimes without lightlike lines are stably causal

DOI10.1007/s00220-009-0784-6zbMath1175.83054arXiv0806.0153OpenAlexW2070500923MaRDI QIDQ842497

Ettore Minguzzi

Publication date: 25 September 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0153

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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