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Null distance and convergence of Lorentzian length spaces

Differential Geometry 2024-09-02 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Metric Geometry math.MP

Abstract

The null distance of Sormani and Vega encodes the manifold topology as well as the causality structure of a (smooth) spacetime. We extend this concept to Lorentzian length spaces, the analog of (metric) length spaces, which generalize Lorentzian causality theory beyond the manifold level. We then study Gromov-Hausdorff convergence based on the null distance in warped product Lorentzian length spaces and prove first results on its compatibility with synthetic curvature bounds.

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@article{arxiv.2106.05393,
  title  = {Null distance and convergence of Lorentzian length spaces},
  author = {Michael Kunzinger and Roland Steinbauer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.05393},
  year   = {2024}
}

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21 pages