Parametrization of causal actions of universal covering groups and global hyperbolicity (Q1067230)

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Parametrization of causal actions of universal covering groups and global hyperbolicity
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    Parametrization of causal actions of universal covering groups and global hyperbolicity (English)
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    \(\tilde G=S\tilde U(1,1)\) obtained as transformation group of the universal covering of the real projective line \(\tilde S_ 1\) is, together with its action on \(\tilde S_ 1\) and its group operations, coordinatized. An analoguous procedure is applied to \(S\tilde U(2,2)\). Extending the earlier result that the pseudo-Riemannian structure on \(\tilde G\) obtained by the invariant bilinear form on the Lie-algebra induces a causal ordering, it is shown that global hyperbolicity does not hold; the causal interval between e and the generator \(\zeta\) of the center of \(\tilde G\) is a maximal globally hyperbolic submanifold.
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    causal structure
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    group manifolds
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    transformation group
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    real projective line
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    global hyperbolicity
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    submanifold
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