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We show that many Lorentzian manifolds of dimension >2 do not admit a spacelike codimension-one foliation, and that almost every manifold of dimension >2 which admits a Lorentzian metric at all admits one which satisfies the dominant energy…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Marc Nardmann

The definition of a reference frame in General Relativity is achieved through the construction of a congruence of time-like world-lines. In this framework, splitting techniques enable us to express physical phenomena in analogy with Special…

General Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Matteo Luca Ruggiero

We prove a splitting theorem for Lorentzian pre-length spaces with global non-positive timelike curvature. Additionally, we extend the first variation formula to spaces with any timelike curvature bound, either from above or below, and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Joe Barton , Tobias Beran , Mauricio Che , Sebastian Gieger , Jona Röhrig , Felix Rott

This paper deals with two aspects of relativistic cosmologies with closed (compact and boundless) spatial sections. These spacetimes are based on the theory of General Relativity, and admit a foliation into space sections S(t), which are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Helio V. Fagundes

The $3+1$ formalism provides a structured approach to analyzing spacetime by separating it into spatial and temporal components. When applied to the Robertson-Walker metric, it simplifies the analysis of cosmological evolution by dividing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-30 Seokcheon Lee

$[n+1]$-dimensional ($n\geq 3$) smooth Einsteinian spaces of Euclidean and Lorentzian signature are considered. The base manifold $M$ is supposed to be smoothly foliated by a two-parameter family of codimension-two-surfaces which are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-16 István Rácz

Empirical understanding teaches us that space is three dimensional while relativity merges space with time. We tried to show that it is possible to model space as three complex coordinates. In our construction, the usual spatial coordinate…

General Physics · Physics 2012-07-17 Ki Cheong Wong , Pui Ling Yu

We construct a canonical formulation of general relativity for the case of a timelike foliation of spacetime. The formulation possesses explicit covariance with respect to Lorentz transformations in the tangent space. Applying the loop…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Sergei Alexandrov , Zoltan Kadar

In this paper, we establish and employ a local framework to the first order of Riemann's curvature tensor in order to develop the corresponding coordinate non commutativity into general manifolds. We also exploit a new translation of…

General Physics · Physics 2017-12-12 Abolfazl Jafari

The paper develops a $(2+2)$-imbedding formalism adapted to a double foliation of spacetime by a net of two intersecting families of lightlike hypersurfaces. The formalism is two-dimensionally covariant, and leads to simple, geometrically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 P. R. Brady , S. Droz , W. Israel , S. M. Morsink

We investigate the $1+1+2$ covariant formalism in the presence of nonmetricity. Focusing on Locally Rotationally Symmetric spacetimes, we show how nonmetricity affects all the kinematic quantities involved in the covariant $1+1+2$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-21 Fabrizio Esposito , Sante Carloni , Stefano Vignolo

We study some geometric properties of Killing horizons in 4-dimensional stationary and axisymmetric space-times with electromagnetic field and cosmological constant. Using a $(1+1+2)$ space-time split, we construct relations between the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 Andrey A. Shoom

We begin with a basic exploration of the (point-set topological) notion of Hausdorff closed limits in the spacetime setting. Specifically, we show that this notion of limit is well suited to sequences of achronal sets, and use this to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-28 Gregory J. Galloway , Carlos Vega

We present a detailed analysis of the 3+1-split formalism of gravity in the presence of a cosmological constant. The formalism helps revealing the intimate connection between holography and the initial value formulation of gravity. We show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-02-09 Diego S. Mansi , Anastasios C. Petkou , Giovanni Tagliabue

Towards the investigation of the full dynamics in higher-dimensional and/or stringy gravitational model, we present the basic equations of the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity theory. We show $(N+1)$-dimensional version of the ADM…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Takashi Torii , Hisa-aki Shinkai

The global time is defined in covariant form under the condition of a constant mean curvature slicing of spacetime. The background static metric is taken in the tangent space. The global intrinsic time is identified with the logarithmic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-23 A. B. Arbuzov , A. E. Pavlov

The isolated horizon formalism recently introduced by Ashtekar et al. aims at providing a quasi-local concept of a black hole in equilibrium in an otherwise possibly dynamical spacetime. In this formalism, a hierarchy of geometrical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-11 E. Gourgoulhon , J. L. Jaramillo

We present a unified Lorentzian replica-path-integral framework for computing entanglement entropy in fully time-dependent quantum field theories and gravitational systems. Building on this framework, we apply the real-time replica trick to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 Anastasios Irakleous

We prove a transverse diameter theorem in the context of Lorentzian foliations, which can be interpreted as a Hawking--Penrose-type singularity theorem for timelike geodesics transverse to the foliation. In order to develop the necessary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-09 Francisco C. Caramello , Henrique A. Puel Martins , Ivan P. Costa e Silva

Using the (3+1) formalism in general relativity, we perform the post-Newtonian(PN) approximation to clarify what sort of gauge condition is suitable for numerical analysis of coalescing compact binary neutron stars and gravitational waves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Hideki Asada , Masaru Shibata , Toshifumi Futamase