In a distinguishing spacetime the horismos relation generates the causal relation

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/16/165005MaRDI QIDQ3395597zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors E. Minguzzi

Publication date 11 September 2009

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.3263

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: It is proved that in a distinguishing spacetime the horismos relation E^+=J^+I^+ generates the causal relation J^+. In other words two causally related events are joined by a chain of horismotically related events, or again, the causal relation is the smallest transitive relation containing the horismos relation. The result is sharp in the sense that distinction can not be weakened to future or past distinction. Finally, it is proved that a spacetime in which the horismos relation generates the causal relation is necessarily non-total imprisoning.

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