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The causal set program as well as the Wolfram physics project leave open the problem of how a graph that is a (3+1)-dimensional Minkowski-spacetime according to its simple geodesic distances, could be generated solely from simple…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-07 Gabriel Leuenberger

We investigate anisotropic (piecewise) polynomial approximation of functions in Lebesgue spaces as well as anisotropic Besov spaces. For this purpose we study temporal and spacial moduli of smoothness and their properties. In particular, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Pedro Morin , Cornelia Schneider , Nick Schneider

We prove a globally hyperbolic spacetime with locally Lipschitz continuous metric and timelike distributional Ricci curvature bounded from below obeys the timelike measure contraction property. The remarkable class of examples of spacetimes…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Mathias Braun , Marta Sálamo Candal

A generalised equivalence principle is put forward according to which space-time symmetries and internal quantum symmetries are indistinguishable before symmetry breaking. Based on this principle, a higher-dimensional extension of Minkowski…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Dorje C. Brody , Lane P. Hughston

In the first part of the paper, we define an approximated Brunn-Minkowski inequality which generalizes the classical one for length spaces. Our new definition based only on distance properties allows us also to deal with discrete spaces.…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-10-26 Michel Bonnefont

Lattice discretizations of continuous manifolds are common tools used in a variety of physical contexts. Conventional discrete approximations, however, cannot capture all aspects of the original manifold, notably its topology. In this paper…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 A. P. Balachandran , G. Bimonte , E. Ercolessi , G. Landi , F. Lizzi , G. Sparano , P. Teotonio-Sobrinho

We establish the linear instability of the semiclassical Einstein-Klein-Gordon system linearised about the Minkowski vacuum spacetime. The proof relies on formulating a forcing problem for both metric and state perturbations within the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Stefano Galanda , Paolo Meda , Simone Murro , Nicola Pinamonti , Gabriel Schmid

We work on a 4-manifold equipped with Lorentzian metric $g$ and consider a volume-preserving diffeomorphism which is the unknown quantity of our mathematical model. The diffeomorphism defines a second Lorentzian metric $h$, the pullback of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 Matteo Capoferri , Dmitri Vassiliev

We study the low-regularity (in-)extendibility of spacetimes within the synthetic-geometric framework of Lorentzian length spaces developed in [KS:17]. To this end, we introduce appropriate notions of geodesics and timelike geodesic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-07 James D. E. Grant , Michael Kunzinger , Clemens Sämann

The interest of part of the quantum-gravity community in the possibility of Planck-scale-deformed Lorentz symmetry is also fueled by the opportunities for testing the relevant scenarios with analyses, from a signal-propagation perspective,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-01-22 Giovanni Amelino-Camelia , Antonino MarcianÒ , Marco Matassa , Giacomo Rosati

In this paper, we continue the study of the Killing symmetries of a N-dimensional generalized Minkowski space, i.e. a space endowed with a (in general non-diagonal) metric tensor, whose coefficients do depend on a set of non-metrical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Fabio Cardone , Alessio Marrani , Roberto Mignani

The apparent times and positions of moving clocks as predicted by both `non-local' and `local' Lorentz Transformations are considered. Only local transformations respect translational invariance. Such transformations change temporal but not…

General Physics · Physics 2011-11-10 J. H. Field

The cosmological constant Lambda, which has seemingly dominated the primaeval Universe evolution and to which recent data attribute a significant present-time value, is shown to have an algebraic content: it is essentially an eigenvalue of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Aldrovandi , A. L. Barbosa

Some standard definitions and results concerning foliations of dimension one and codimension one are introduced. A proper time foliation of Minkowski space is defined and contrasted with the foliation that is defined by the time coordinate.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 D. H. Delphenich

In this paper we introduce the notion of near semiring with involution. Generalizing the theory of semirings we aim at represent quantum structures, such as basic algebras and orthomodular lattices, in terms of near semirings with…

Logic · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Stefano Bonzio , Ivan Chajda , Antonio Ledda

This article is dedicated to geometric structure of the Lorentz and Marcinkiewicz spaces in case of the pure atomic measure. We study complete criteria for order continuity, the Fatou property, strict monotonicity and strict convexity in…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-17 Maciej Ciesielski , Grzegorz Lewicki

We begin from the generalised eight-dimensional Minkowski spacetime structure, previously developed in Clifford geometric algebra $ C\ell(\Re^3) $. We propose that this is the correct algebraic representation for physical three-dimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 James M. Chappell , David L. Berkahn , Derek Abbott

Sampling theory is a discipline in communications engineering involved with the exact reconstruction of continuous signals from discrete sets of sample points. From a physics perspective, this is interesting in relation to the question of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-18 Jason Pye

We propose a formulation of a Lorentzian quantum geometry based on the framework of causal fermion systems. After giving the general definition of causal fermion systems, we deduce space-time as a topological space with an underlying causal…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-01-28 Felix Finster , Andreas Grotz

The following four statements have been proven decades ago already, but they continue to induce a strange feeling: - All curvature invariants of a gravitational wave vanish - in spite of the fact that it represents a nonflat spacetime. -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Hans - Juergen Schmidt