Gravity and signature change

DOI10.1023/A:1018895302693MaRDI QIDQ1361852zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Tevian Dray, Charles Hellaby, Corinne A. Manogue, George F. R. Ellis

Publication date 28 July 1997

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9610063

zbMATH Keywords

variational principleorthonormal framessignature changeone-sided limitsdiscontinuous signature change

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Abstract: The use of proper ``time to describe classical ``spacetimes which contain both Euclidean and Lorentzian regions permits the introduction of smooth (generalized) orthonormal frames. This remarkable fact permits one to describe both a variational treatment of Einstein's equations and distribution theory using straightforward generalizations of the standard treatments for constant signature.

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• Note on signature change and Colombeau theory
• Signature change events: a challenge for quantum gravity?
• Signature change, mixed problems and numerical relativity
• On a connection between Lorentzian and Euclidean metrics
• Overall signature of the metric and the cosmological constant
• Comment on: ``Smooth and discontinuous signature change in general relativity

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