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We introduce an analogue of the theory of length spaces into the setting of Lorentzian geometry and causality theory. The r\^ole of the metric is taken over by the time separation function, in terms of which all basic notions are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-07 Michael Kunzinger , Clemens Sämann

We introduce a notion of Lorentzian metric space which drops the boundedness condition from our previous work and argue that the properties defining our spaces are minimal. In fact, they are defined by three conditions given by (a) the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-13 A. Bykov , E. Minguzzi , S. Suhr

Conditions for the existence of closed geodesics is a classic, much-studied subject in Riemannian geometry, with many beautiful results and powerful techniques. However, many of the techniques that work so well in that context are far less…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Ivan P. Costa e Silva , José L. Flores , Kledilson P. R. Honorato

No Hopf-Rinow Theorem is possible in Lorentzian Geometry. Nonetheless, we prove that a spacetime is globally hyperbolic if and only if it is metrically complete with respect to the null distance of a time function. Our approach is based on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Annegret Burtscher , Leonardo García-Heveling

We consider wave equations on Lorentzian manifolds in case of low regularity. We first extend the classical solution theory to prove global unique solvability of the Cauchy problem for distributional data and right hand side on smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-04-07 Guenther Hoermann , Michael Kunzinger , Roland Steinbauer

In the synthetic geometric setting introduced by Kunzinger and S\"amann, we present an analogue of Toponogov's Globalisation Theorem which applies to Lorentzian length spaces with lower (timelike) curvature bounds. Our approach utilises a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-09 Tobias Beran , John Harvey , Lewis Napper , Felix Rott

This paper explores the relation between convex functions and the geometry of space-times and semi-Riemannian manifolds (an investigation initiated by Gibbons-Ishibashi). Specifically, we study geodesic connectedness. We give…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-27 Stephanie B. Alexander , William A. Karr

Let $M$ be a maximal globally hyperbolic Cauchy compact flat spacetime of dimension 2+1, admitting a Cauchy hypersurface diffeomorphic to a compact hyperbolic manifold. We study the asymptotic behaviour of level sets of quasi-concave time…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-19 Mehdi Belraouti

We formulate and prove a synthetic Lorentzian Cartan-Hadamard theorem. This result both transfers the corresponding statement for locally convex metric spaces established by S. Alexander and R. Bishop to the Lorentzian setting, and…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Darius Erös , Sebastian Gieger

We study the Mosco-convergence of Cheeger energies on Gromov-Hausdorff converging spaces satisfying different types of curvature dimension conditions. The case of functions of bounded variation is also considered. Applications to the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Francesco Nobili , Federico Renzi , Federico Vitillaro

We introduce the notion of timed-Gromov--Hausdorff distance for timed-metric spaces. We prove that this distance is bi-Lipschitz equivalent to the intrinsic timed-Hausdorff distance of Sakovich--Sormani, and therefore induces the same…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Mauricio Che , Raquel Perales

Connes' functional formula of the Riemannian distance is generalized to the Lorentzian case using the so-called Lorentzian distance, the d'Alembert operator and the causal functions of a globally hyperbolic spacetime. As a step of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 V. Moretti

At first we introduce the space-time manifold and we compare some aspects of Riemannian and Lorentzian geometry such as the distance function and the relations between topology and curvature. We then define spinor structures in general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Giampiero Esposito

Recently, the old notion of causal boundary for a spacetime V has been redefined in a consistent way. The computation of this boundary $\partial V$ for a standard conformally stationary spacetime V = R x M, suggests a natural…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-16 J. L. Flores , J. Herrera , M. Sanchez

We show a Dvoretsky-Rogers type Theorem for the adapted version of the $q$-summing operators to the topology of the convergence of the vector valued integrals on Banach function spaces. In the pursuit of this objective we prove that the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-14 P. Rueda , E. A. Sanchez-Perez

We study the question of local and global uniqueness of completions, based on null geodesics, of Lorentzian manifolds. We show local uniqueness of such boundary extensions. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for existence of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Piotr T. Chruściel

An intrinsic local time in Geometrodynamics is obtained with using a scaled Dirac's mapping. By addition of a background metric, one can construct a scalar field. It is suitable to play a role of intrinsic time. Cauchy problem was…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-01 Alexander Pavlov

In this contribution, we study spacetimes of cosmological interest, without making any symmetry assumptions. We prove a rigid Hawking singularity theorem for positive cosmological constant, which sharpens known results. In particular, it…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-16 Gregory J. Galloway , Leonardo García-Heveling

We prove a limit curve theorem for incomplete metric spaces. Our main application is to Sormani and Vegas' null distance, where our results give strong control on the Lorentzian lengths of limit curves. We also show that regular…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Adam Rennie , Ben Whale

The purpose of the present work is based on two main observations: the tensions encountered by the standard $\Lambda$CDM model when confronted to precision small scale cosmological data and the finding that the matter distribution and the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-20 Marie-Noëlle Célérier