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We study (generalized) cones over metric spaces, both in Riemannian and Lorentzian signature. In particular, we establish synthetic lower Ricci curvature bounds \`a la Lott-Villani-Sturm and Ohta in the metric measure case, and \`a la…

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Timelike sectional curvature bounds play an important role in spacetime geometry, both for the understanding of classical smooth spacetimes and for the study of Lorentzian (pre-)length spaces introduced in \cite{kunzinger2018lorentzian}. In…

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

We establish effective convergence rates in the Doeblin-Lenstra law, describing the limiting distribution of approximation coefficients arising from continued fraction convergents of a typical real number. More generally, we prove…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Gaurav Aggarwal , Anish Ghosh

We prove that every Kaehler metric, whose potential is a function of the time-like distance in the flat Kaehler-Lorentz space, is of quasi-constant holomorphic sectional curvatures, satisfying certain conditions. This gives a local…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-06-07 Georgi Ganchev , Vesselka Mihova

In this paper we prove, for all $d \ge 2$, that for no $s<\frac{d+1}{2}$ does $I_s(\mu)<\infty$ imply the canonical Falconer distance problem incidence bound, or the analogous estimate where the Euclidean norm is replaced by the norm…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-06-09 Alex Iosevich , Steven Senger

Uniqueness (up to isometries) and existence of limits are studied in the context of Cheeger-Gromov convergence of spacetimes. To address the non-compactness of the vector isometry group in the semi-Riemannian setting, standard pointed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Saúl Burgos , José L. Flores , Miguel Sánchez

We investigate the stability of timelike Ricci curvature lower bounds under low-regularity limits of Lorentzian metrics. Specifically, we prove that the synthetic curvature-dimension condition $TCD^e_p(K,N)$, which provides an optimal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-06 Andrea Mondino , Vanessa Ryborz , Clemens Sämann

I introduce a family of closeness functions between causal Lorentzian geometries of finite volume and arbitrary underlying topology. When points are randomly scattered in a Lorentzian manifold, with uniform density according to the volume…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Luca Bombelli

We extend the Abreu-Guillemin theory of invariant K\"ahler metrics from toric symplectic manifolds to any symplectic manifold admitting a toric action of a symplectic torus bundle. We show that these are precisely the symplectic manifolds…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Rui Loja Fernandes , Maarten Mol

A calculus based on pointer-mark coincidences is proposed to define, in a mathematically rigorous way, measurements of space and time intervals. The connection between such measurements in different inertial frames according to the Galilean…

General Physics · Physics 2011-10-26 J. H. Field

A crucial step in the history of General Relativity was Einstein's adoption of the principle of general covariance which demands a coordinate independent formulation for our spacetime theories. General covariance helps us to disentangle a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-19 Daniel Grimmer

We prove a splitting theorem for globally hyperbolic, weighted spacetimes with metrics and weights of regularity $C^1$ by combining elliptic techniques for the negative homogeneity $p$-d'Alembert operator from our recent work in the smooth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Mathias Braun , Nicola Gigli , Robert J. McCann , Argam Ohanyan , Clemens Sämann

We consider a concircularly semi-symmetric metric connection and its application. The Ricci tensors with respect to the concircularly semi-symmetric metric connection are symmetric, and they are used to define Einstein type manifolds. In…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Miroslav Maksimović , Milan Zlatanović , Marija Najdanović

We provide a short introduction to ``Lorentzian metric spaces" i.e., spacetimes defined solely in terms of the two-point Lorentzian distance. As noted in previous work, this structure is essentially unique if minimal conditions are imposed,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-23 E. Minguzzi

We show an analogue of the Lorentzian splitting theorem for weighted Lorentz-Finsler manifolds: If a weighted Berwald spacetime of nonnegative weighted Ricci curvature satisfies certain completeness and metrizability conditions and includes…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-27 Yufeng Lu , Ettore Minguzzi , Shin-ichi Ohta

Building upon previous works characterizing GRW space-times using concircular and torse-forming vectors, this paper investigates a Lorentzian manifold equipped with a concircularly semi-symmetric metric connection. We demonstrate that such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Miroslav D. Maksimović , Milan Lj. Zlatanović , Milica R. Vučurović

In this work, the relativistic phenomena of Lorentz contraction and time dilation are derived using a modified distance formula appropriate for discrete space. This new distance formula is different than Pythagoras's theorem but converges…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-10 David Crouse , Joseph Skufca

We show that in Lorentzian manifolds, sectional curvature bounds of the form $\mathcal{R}\le K\,$, as defined by Andersson and Howard, are closely tied to space-time convex and $\lambda$-convex ($\lambda>0$) functions, as defined by Gibbons…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-02-10 Stephanie B. Alexander , William A. Karr

We give a covariant definition of closeness between (time oriented) Lorentzian metrics on a manifold M, using a family of functions which measure the difference in volume form on one hand and the difference in causal structure relative to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-12 Johan Noldus

Friedrich's proofs for the global existence results of de Sitter-like space-times and of semi-global existence of Minkowski-like space-times [Comm. Math. Phys. \textbf{107}, 587 (1986)] are re-examined and discussed, making use of the…

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