Convex Functions and Spacetime Geometry

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Authors Gary W. Gibbons, Akihiro Ishibashi

Publication date 18 February 2017

Abstract: Convexity and convex functions play an important role in theoretical physics. To initiate a study of the possible uses of convex functions in General Relativity, we discuss the consequences of a spacetime $(M,g_{muu})$ or an initial data set $(Sigma,h_{ij},K_{ij})$ admitting a suitably defined convex function. We show how the existence of a convex function on a spacetime places restrictions on the properties of the spacetime geometry.

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