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Rigid Singularity Theorem in Globally Hyperbolic Spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show the rigid singularity theorem, that is, a globally hyperbolic spacetime satisfying the strong energy condition and containing past trapped sets, either is timelike geodesically incomplete or splits isometrically as space ×\times time. This result is related to Yau's Lorentzian splitting conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9808058,
  title  = {Rigid Singularity Theorem in Globally Hyperbolic Spacetimes},
  author = {Makoto Narita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9808058},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

3 pages, uses revtex.sty, to appear in Physical Review D