A correspondence between distances and embeddings for manifolds: new techniques for applications of the abstract boundary

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2010.12.013MaRDI QIDQ632940zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ben E. Whale, S. M. Scott

Publication date 28 March 2011

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.3378

zbMATH Keywords

distanceembeddingsgeneral relativityabstract boundarysingularity of space-timetopological metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Embeddings in differential topology (57R40) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

Abstract: We present a one-to-one correspondence between equivalence classes of embeddings of a manifold (into a larger manifold of the same dimension) and equivalence classes of certain distances on the manifold. This correspondence allows us to use the Abstract Boundary to describe the structure of the `edge' of our manifold without resorting to structures external to the manifold itself. This is particularly important in the study of singularities within General Relativity where singularities lie on this `edge'. The ability to talk about the same objects, e.g., singularities, via different structures provides alternative routes for investigation which can be invaluable in the pursuit of physically motivated problems where certain types of information are unavailable or difficult to use.

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