Selection rules for topology change

DOI10.1007/BF02100864zbMATH Open0754.57009OpenAlexW2009239249MaRDI QIDQ1200514FDOQ1200514

Authors: S. W. Hawking, Gary W. Gibbons 

Publication date: 16 January 1993

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02100864

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zbMATH Keywords

spacetimewormholehandleclosed oriented 3-manifold\({}\bmod 2\) Kervaire semi-characteristic\(SL(2,\mathbb{C})\)-spin structurespace like boundary of a Lorentzian 4-manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) General relativity (83C99) Other types of cobordism (57R90)

Cites Work

• The topology of 4-manifolds
• Spinor Structure of Space-Times in General Relativity. I
• Spin ^c structures on manifolds
• Cobordism and the Euler number
• Topology in General Relativity
• Lorentz cobordism
• Global Existence of Spin Structures for Gravitational Fields
• Lorentzian characteristic classes

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