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Constant mean curvature foliations of simplicial flat spacetimes

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Benedetti and Guadagnini have conjectured that the marked lenght spectrum of the constant mean curvature foliation MτM_\tau in a 2+1 dimensional flat spacetime VV with compact hyperbolic Cauchy surfaces converges, in the direction of the singularity, to that of the marked measure spectrum of the R-tree dual to the measured foliation corresponding to the translational part of the holonomy of VV. We prove that this is the case for n+1n+1 dimensional, n2n \geq 2, {\em simplicial} flat spacetimes with compact hyperbolic Cauchy surface. A simplicial spacetime is obtained from the Lorentz cone over a hyperbolic manifold by deformations corresponding to a simple measured foliation.

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@article{arxiv.math/0307338,
  title  = {Constant mean curvature foliations of simplicial flat spacetimes},
  author = {Lars Andersson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0307338},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages