Infinitesimal and local convexity of a hypersurface in a semi-Riemannian manifold

DOI10.1007/978-1-4614-4897-6_6zbMATH Open1306.53046arXiv1201.0147OpenAlexW2110891885MaRDI QIDQ2861898FDOQ2861898

Authors: Erasmo Caponio 

Publication date: 11 November 2013

Published in: Recent Trends in Lorentzian Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a Riemannian manifold M and a hypersurface H in M, it is well known that infinitesimal convexity on a neighborhood of a point in H implies local convexity. We show in this note that the same result holds in a semi-Riemannian manifold. We make some remarks for the case when only timelike, null or spacelike geodesics are involved. The notion of geometric convexity is also reviewed and some applications to geodesic connectedness of an open subset of a Lorentzian manifold are given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0147

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zbMATH Keywords

geodesicshypersurfacelocal convexitygeometric convexityinfinitesimal convexity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global submanifolds (53C40) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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