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Lorentz meets Lipschitz

Differential Geometry 2022-12-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP

Abstract

We show that maximal causal curves for a Lipschitz continuous Lorentzian metric admit a C1,1\mathcal{C}^{1,1}-parametrization and that they solve the geodesic equation in the sense of Filippov in this parametrization. Our proof shows that maximal causal curves are either everywhere lightlike or everywhere timelike. Furthermore, the proof demonstrates that maximal causal curves for an α\alpha-H\"older continuous Lorentzian metric admit a C1,α4\mathcal{C}^{1,\frac{\alpha}{4}}-parametrization.

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@article{arxiv.2009.08834,
  title  = {Lorentz meets Lipschitz},
  author = {Christian Lange and Alexander Lytchak and Clemens Sämann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.08834},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

25 pages; v2: minor improvements of the presentation

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