A criterion for global hyperbolicity of left-invariant Lorentz metrics on Lie groups (Q2474526)

The author gives a criterion for a left-invariant pseudo-Riemannian metric on a Lie group to be globally hyperbolic. The author shows that if a non-abelian connected and simply connected Lie group \(G\) with Lie algebra \(\mathcal{G}\) endowed with a left-invariant Lorentz metric \(\langle\;,\;\rangle\) whose restriction to the commutator ideal \(\mathcal{G}'\) is positive definite, then the space-time \((G,\langle\;,\;\rangle)\) is globally hyperbolic. Finally, the author focuses on a specific case of Lie group, namely, Heisenberg group \(H_{2n+1}\) and proves that if the restriction of \(\langle\;,\;\rangle\) to the center of \(H_{3}\) is degenerate, then the space-time \((H_{3},\langle\;,\;\rangle)\) is globally hyperbolic.