Regularity of Lorentzian Busemann Functions

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-96-01587-5zbMath0858.53052OpenAlexW1833842174WikidataQ125923534 ScholiaQ125923534MaRDI QIDQ4889995

Arnaldo Horta, Gregory J. Galloway

Publication date: 10 March 1997

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0002-9947-96-01587-5

zbMATH Keywords

regularitygeodesicrayco-rayLorentzian distanceLorentzian splitting theoremLorentzian Busemann functioncausal methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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