Causally simple inextendible spacetimes are hole-free

DOI10.1063/1.4721271zbMATH Open1279.83007arXiv1204.3012OpenAlexW2075012063MaRDI QIDQ2865475FDOQ2865475

Authors: E. Minguzzi 

Publication date: 29 November 2013

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

Abstract: It is shown that causally simple inextendible spacetimes are hole-free, thus confirming the expectation that causal simplicity removes holes from spacetime. This result is optimal in the sense that causal simplicity cannot be weakened to causal continuity. Physically, it means that if there is some partial Cauchy hypersurface which, for some reason, does not fully develop its influence, then there is some discontinuity in the causal relation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3012

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zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy hypersurfacescausally simple inextendible spacetimeshole-free

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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