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A Splitting Theorem for non-positively curved Lorentzian spaces

Differential Geometry 2026-01-21 v1 Mathematical Physics Metric Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We prove a splitting theorem for Lorentzian pre-length spaces with global non-positive timelike curvature. Additionally, we extend the first variation formula to spaces with any timelike curvature bound, either from above or below, and different from 0.

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@article{arxiv.2601.14058,
  title  = {A Splitting Theorem for non-positively curved Lorentzian spaces},
  author = {Joe Barton and Tobias Beran and Mauricio Che and Sebastian Gieger and Jona Röhrig and Felix Rott},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.14058},
  year   = {2026}
}

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41 pages, 12 figures