scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1094259

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Authors Eric Woolgar

Publication date 3 December 1997

zbMATH Keywords

causalityHopf-Rinow theoremprecedence relation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partial orders, general (06A06) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Review text

This paper gives a short proof for the following Theorem: Let \(A\) and \(B\) be compact subsets of a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold. Then the space of all causal curves joining \(A\) and \(B\) is compact and Hausdorff. The author uses certain purely order theoretic arguments. Another essential tool is a purely topological result on the compactness of the space \(2^X\) for a compact space \(X\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0871.00044].

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