Compactness of the space of causal curves

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/23/4/011zbMATH Open1095.83004arXivgr-qc/0408068OpenAlexW1987624178MaRDI QIDQ3377880FDOQ3377880

Authors: Keye Martin 

Publication date: 29 March 2006

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the space of causal curves between compact subsets of a separable globally hyperbolic poset is itself compact in the Vietoris topology. Although this result implies the usual result in general relativity, its proof does not require the use of geometry or differentiable structure.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0408068

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zbMATH Keywords

Vietoris topologyhyperbolic poset

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Ordered topological structures (06F30) Compactness (54D30)

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