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, , are on past lightlike rays. As a result, it is proved that if is a chronological space-time without past lightlike rays then there is a representation of 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 be a space-time, conformal with an open subspace of Minkowski space-time or 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