Functions of time type, curvature and causality theory

DOI10.1016/j.difgeo.2019.02.006zbMath1416.53048OpenAlexW2916216121WikidataQ115354987 ScholiaQ115354987MaRDI QIDQ2423720

Manuel Gutiérrez, Cyriaque Atindogbe, Raymond Hounnonkpe

Publication date: 20 June 2019

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.difgeo.2019.02.006

zbMATH Keywords

causalitynull convergence conditioncausal hierarchygeneralized time functionquasi-time functionsemi-time function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Global submanifolds (53C40)

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