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The cosmological time functions and lightlike rays

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-10-16 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

It is proved that all discontinuity points of a finite cosmological time function, τ\tau, are on past lightlike rays. As a result, it is proved that if (M,g)(M,g) is a chronological space-time without past lightlike rays then there is a representation of gg such that its cosmological time function is regular. In addition, by reducing conditions of regularity sufficient conditions for causal simplicity and causal pseudoconvexity of space-time is given. It is also proved that the second condition of regularity can be reduced to satisfies only on inextendible past-directed causal rays if (M,g)(M,g) be a space-time, conformal with an open subspace of Minkowski space-time or τ\tau be continuous.

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@article{arxiv.2010.07549,
  title  = {The cosmological time functions and lightlike rays},
  author = {Fatemeh Koohestani and Neda Ebrahimi and Mehdi Vatandoost and Yousef Bahrampour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.07549},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages

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