Reply to: Comment on ``Smooth and discontinuous signature type change in GR

DOI10.1007/BF02109531MaRDI QIDQ674863zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marcus Kriele

Publication date 24 April 1997

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02109531

zbMATH Keywords

classical signature changegeneral relativityweak junction condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Review text

\textit{T. Dray} and \textit{C. Hellaby} [see the preceding review Zbl 0864.53048)] have asserted the possibility of weaker junction conditions (for smooth and discontinuous signature change) than those advocated by Kossowski and Kriele. Both articles are part of the controversy surrounding the ``correct implementation of classical signature change in general relativity. The theory of signature change is highly speculative and does not have any real experimental backing. The whole controversy is built around what one perceives as natural from a mathematical or physical point of view. Dray and Hellaby have argued the ``weak junction condition point of view without addressing the merits of the opposing point of view. Without considering each implementation from its authors' perspective, it is difficult to judge which is the ``best proposal. In this reply I first recall the different motivations behind each of the competing proposals before seeking to clarify some statements in Dray and Hellaby's comment.

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• Change of signature in classical relativity
• Comment on: ``Smooth and discontinuous signature change in general relativity
• On cosmological isotropy, quantum cosmology and the Weyl curvature hypothesis
• Physical properties of geometric singularities
• Signature type change and absolute time in general relativity
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(6)

• New junction conditions for signature change: null boundary proposal
• Smooth and discontinuous signature type change in general relativity
• Self-adjoint extensions and signature change
• Boundary conditions for the scalar field in the presence of signature change
• Note on signature change and Colombeau theory
• Comment on: ``Smooth and discontinuous signature change in general relativity

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