Global hyperbolicity through the eyes of the null distance

DOI10.1007/S00220-024-04936-5OpenAlexW4392938262MaRDI QIDQ6203022FDOQ6203022

Authors: Annegret Y. Burtscher, Leonardo García-Heveling 

Publication date: 26 March 2024

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

Abstract: No Hopf-Rinow Theorem is possible in Lorentzian Geometry. Nonetheless, we prove that a spacetime is globally hyperbolic if and only if it is metrically complete with respect to the null distance of a time function. Our approach is based on the observation that null distances behave particularly well for weak temporal functions in terms of regularity and causality. Specifically, the null distances of Cauchy temporal functions and regular cosmological time functions encode causality globally.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.15610

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry (53Cxx) General relativity (83Cxx) Relativistic cosmology (83Fxx)

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