Lorentzian causality theory

DOI10.1007/s41114-019-0019-xzbMath1442.83021OpenAlexW2948518095MaRDI QIDQ2003867

Ettore Minguzzi

Publication date: 5 October 2020

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0019-x

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian geometrysingularity theoremscone structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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