A note on causality conditions on covering spacetimes

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABB9ECMaRDI QIDQ5162401zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors I. P. Costa e Silva, E. Minguzzi

Publication date 2 November 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.02918

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian geometrycovering manifoldscausal ladder

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Causal inference from observational studies (62D20) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Hyperbolic equations on manifolds (58J45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

Abstract: A number of techniques in Lorentzian geometry, such as those used in the proofs of singularity theorems, depend on certain smooth coverings retaining interesting global geometric properties, including causal ones. In this note we give explicit examples showing that, unlike some of the more commonly adopted rungs of the causal ladder such as strong causality or global hyperbolicity, less-utilized conditions such as causal continuity or causal simplicity do not in general pass to coverings, as already speculated by one of the authors (EM). As a consequence, any result which relies on these causality conditions transferring to coverings must be revised accordingly. In particular, some amendments in the statement and proof of a version of the Gannon-Lee singularity theorem previously given by one of us (IPCS) are also presented here that address a gap in its original proof.

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