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We show a general theorem of existence of temporal foliations in a general causal set, under mild constraints. Then we study automorphisms of infinite causal sets (which satisfy further requirements) and show that they fall under one of two…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-02 Ali Bleybel , Abdallah Zaiour

Time-reversal symmetry is a prevalent feature of microscopic physics, including operational quantum theory and classical general relativity. Previous works have studied indefinite causal structure using the language of operational quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-27 Luke Mrini , Lucien Hardy

An extension of the ambient metric construction of Fefferman-Graham to infinite order in even dimensions is described. The main ingredients are the introduction of "inhomogeneous ambient metrics" with asymptotic expansions involving the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 C. Robin Graham , Kengo Hirachi

For a conformal manifold, we describe a new relation between the ambient obstruction tensor of Fefferman and Graham and the holonomy of the normal conformal Cartan connection. This relation allows us to prove several results on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Thomas Leistner , Andree Lischewski

A horoboundary is one of the attempts to compactify metric spaces, and is constructed using continuous functions on metric spaces. It is a concept that includes global information of metric spaces, and its correspondence with an ideal…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Ikkei Sato

In this second paper, I construct a limit space of a Cauchy sequence of globally hyperbolic spacetimes. In the second section, I work gradually towards a construction of the limit space. I prove the limit space is unique up to isometry. I…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Johan Noldus

It is shown that if a space-time has non-compact Cauchy surface, then its topological, differentiable, and causal structure are completely determined by a class of compact subsets of its Cauchy surface. Since causal structure determines its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Do-Hyung Kim

Causal fermion systems are introduced as a general mathematical framework for formulating relativistic quantum theory. By specializing, we recover earlier notions like fermion systems in discrete space-time, the fermionic projector and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-06-17 Felix Finster , Andreas Grotz , Daniela Schiefeneder

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

One method of studying the asymptotic structure of spacetime is to apply Penrose's conformal rescaling technique. In this setting, the Einstein equations for the metric and the conformal factor in the unphysical spacetime degenerate where…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Adrian Butscher

The Hamiltonian structure of spacetimes with two commuting Killing vector fields is analyzed for the purpose of addressing the various problems of time that arise in canonical gravity. Two specific models are considered: (i) cylindrically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Joseph D. Romano , Charles G. Torre

Spinors are mathematical objects susceptible to the spacetime characteristics upon which they are defined. Not all spacetimes admit spinor structure; when it does, it may have more than one spinor structure, depending on topological…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-02-24 J. M. Hoff da Silva

Morse spacetime is a model of singular Lorentzian manifold, built upon a Morse function which serves as a global time function outside its critical points. The Borde-Sorkin conjecture states that a Morse spacetime is causally continuous if…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Lucas Dahinden , Liang Jin

The boundary at $\Cal I^+$, future null infinity, for a standard static, spherically symmetric spactime is examined for possible linear connections. Two independent methods are employed, one for treating $\Cal I^+$ as the future causal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-11 Steven , G. Harris

We present some of the recent results and open questions on the causality problem in General Relativity. The concept of singularity is intimately connected with future trapped surface and inner event horizon formation. We offer a brief…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-27 E. M. Howard

A two boundary quantum mechanics without time ordered causal structure is advocated as consistent theory. The apparent causal structure of usual "near future" macroscopic phenomena is attributed to a cosmological asymmetry and to rules…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Fritz W. Bopp

A symmetric monoidal category naturally arises as the mathematical structure that organizes physical systems, processes, and composition thereof, both sequentially and in parallel. This structure admits a purely graphical calculus. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-30 Bob Coecke , Raymond Lal

We introduce conformal transformations in the synthetic setting of metric spaces and Lorentzian (pre-)length spaces. Our main focus lies on the Lorentzian case, where, motivated by the need to extend classical notions to spaces of low…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Miguel Manzano , Karim Mosani , Clemens Sämann , Omar Zoghlami

We analyse various conformal properties of the extremal Reissner-Nordstr\"om spacetime. In particular, we obtain conformal representations of the neighbourhoods of spatial infinity, timelike infinity and the cylindrical end ---the so-called…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-08-07 Christian Lübbe , Juan A. Valiente Kroon

We construct an example which shows that two isocausal spacetimes, in the sense introduced by Garc\'ia-Parrado and Senovilla, may have c-boundaries which are not equal (more precisely, not equivalent, as no bijection between the completions…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. L. Flores , J. Herrera , M. Sanchez