Lorentz meets Lipschitz

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2021.V25.N8.A4MaRDI QIDQ2674218zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Christian Lange, Alexander Lytchak, C. Sämann

Publication date 22 September 2022

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.08834

zbMATH Keywords

causal curvesgeodesic equationsLipschitz continuous metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: We show that maximal causal curves for a Lipschitz continuous Lorentzian metric admit a $mathcal{C}^{1,1}$-parametrization and that they solve the geodesic equation in the sense of Filippov in this parametrization. Our proof shows that maximal causal curves are either everywhere lightlike or everywhere timelike. Furthermore, the proof demonstrates that maximal causal curves for an $alpha$-H"older continuous Lorentzian metric admit a $mathcal{C}^{1,fracalpha4}$-parametrization.

Review text

This paper is devoted to the study of maximal causal curves for a Lipschitz continuous Lorentzian metric. The authors prove that these causal curves admit a \(\mathcal{C}^{1,1}\)-parametrization and, in such parametrization, they solve the geodesic equation in the sense of Filippov. The proof shows that maximal causal curves are either everywhere light-like or everywhere time-like. Furthermore, it demonstrates that maximal causal curves for an \(\alpha\)-Hölder continuous Lorentzian metric admit a \(\mathcal{C}^{1,\frac{\alpha}{4}}\)-parametrization.

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