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We construct a Lorentzian length space with an orthogonal splitting on a product $I\times X$ of an interval and a metric space, and use this framework to consider the relationship between metric and causal geometry, as well as synthetic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-11-20 Elefterios Soultanis

We give a new existence proof for closed hypersurfaces of prescribed mean curvature in Lorentzian manifolds.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Claus Gerhardt

We study transversely Lorentzian foliations on the closed 3-manifolds. We classify them under a completeness hypothesis and we deduce the dual classification of codimension 1 geodesically complete timelike totally geodesic foliations.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 C. Boubel , P. Mounoud , C. Tarquini

We extend both the Hawking-Penrose Theorem and its generalisation due to Galloway and Senovilla to Lorentzian metrics of regularity $C^1$. For metrics of such low regularity, two main obstacles have to be addressed. On the one hand, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Michael Kunzinger , Argam Ohanyan , Benedict Schinnerl , Roland Steinbauer

This article suggests the definition of "Lorentzian space" weakening the notion of Lorentzian length spaces just as much that it allows for a functor from the category of strongly causal Lorentzian manifolds to the corresponding category of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Olaf Müller

We present a characterization of $2$-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds with constant Ricci scalar curvature. It is well known that every $2$-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds is conformally flat, so we rewrite the Ricci scalar curvature in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-05-19 Nicolò Cangiotti , Mattia Sensi

We investigate the causal structure of two-sheeted space-times using the tools of Lorentzian spectral triples. We show that the noncommutative geometry of these spaces allows for causal relations between the two sheets. The computation is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Nicolas Franco , Michał Eckstein

In this paper we discuss the smoothness conditions for metrics on a cohomogeneity one manifold, i.e. metrics invariant under a Lie group whose generic orbits are hypersurfaces. Along these hypersurfaces one describes the metrics in terms of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-13 Luigi Verdiani , Wolfgang Ziller

We consider a short time existence problem motivated by a conjecture of Joyce. Specifically we prove that given any compact Lagrangian $L\subset \mathbb{C}^n$ with a finite number of singularities, each asymptotic to a pair of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-09 Tom Begley , Kim Moore

A flat complete causal Lorentzian manifold is called {\it strictly causal} if the past and the future of each its point are closed near this point. We consider strictly causal manifolds with unipotent holonomy groups and assign to a…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 V. M. Gichev , E. A. Meshcheryakov

In this article we present a review of a geometric and algebraic approach to causal cones and describe cone preserving transformations and their relationship with the causal structure related to special and general relativity. We describe…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-10 R V Saraykar , Sujatha Janardhan

We investigate a generalization of the so-called metric splitting of globally hyperbolic space-times to non-smooth Lorentzian manifolds and show the existence of this metric splitting for a class of wave-type space-times. Our approach is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-06-30 Günther Hörmann , Clemens Sämann

We prove the existence of closed hypersurfaces of prescribed scalar curvature in globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds provided there are barriers.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-26 Christian Enz

Let $X$ be a non-singular compact K\"ahler manifold, endowed with an effective divisor $D= \sum (1-\beta_k) Y_k$ having simple normal crossing support, and satisfying $\beta_k \in (0,1)$. The natural objects one has to consider in order to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-10 Henri Guenancia , Mihai Păun

Inspired by some Lorentzian versions of the notion of metric and length space introduced by Kunzinger and S\"amman, and more recently, by M\"uller, and Minguzzi and S\"uhr, we revisit the notion of Lorentzian metric space in order to later…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-17 Saúl Burgos , José Luis Flores , Jónatan Herrera

We present a short review of geometric and algebraic approach to causal cones and describe cone preserving transformations and their relationship with causal structure related to special and general theory of relativity. We describe Lie…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Sujatha Janardhan , R. V. Saraykar

We introduce several new notions of (sectional) curvature bounds for Lorentzian pre-length spaces: On the one hand, we provide convexity/concavity conditions for the (modified) time separation function, and, on the other hand, we study…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Tobias Beran , Michael Kunzinger , Felix Rott

We study curvature properties of four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold with two-symmetry property. We then consider Einstein-like metrics, Ricci solitons and homogeneity over these spaces.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-11 A. Zaeim , M. Chaichi , Y. Aryanejad

The Lorentzian metric structure used in any field theory allows one to implement the relativistic notion of causality and to define a notion of time dimension. This article investigates the possibility that at the microscopic level the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-04-11 Shinji Mukohyama , Jean-Philippe Uzan

The space of light rays $\mathcal{N}$ of a conformal Lorentz manifold $(M,\mathcal{C})$ is, under some topological conditions, a manifold whose basic elements are unparametrized null geodesics. This manifold $\mathcal{N}$, strongly inspired…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-29 A. Bautista , A. Ibort , J. Lafuente