A new topology on space-time

DOI10.1063/1.529644zbMath0782.53074OpenAlexW1979215152MaRDI QIDQ4027896

David T. Fullwood

Publication date: 9 March 1993

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529644

zbMATH Keywords

space-timecausal structurechronologyphysically motivated topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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Cites Work

• On bijections of Lorentz manifolds, which leave the class of spacelike paths invariant
• Zeeman topologies on space-times of general relativity theory
• Causal structure in space-time
• The topology of Minkowski space
• The separating topology for the Lorentz group L
• A new topology for curved space–time which incorporates the causal, differential, and conformal structures
• The smooth-path topology for curved space–time which incorporates the conformal structure and analytic Feynman tracks
• The class of continuous timelike curves determines the topology of spacetime

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