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We consider an inverse problem for a Lorentzian spacetime $(M,g)$, and show that time measurements, that is, the knowledge of the Lorentzian time separation function on a submanifold $\Sigma\subset M$ determine the $C^\infty$-jet of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-15 Matti Lassas , Lauri Oksanen , Yang Yang

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 prove that the flat product metric on $D^n\times S^1$ is scattering rigid where $D^n$ is the unit ball in $\R^n$ and $n\geq 2$. The scattering data (loosely speaking) of a Riemannian manifold with boundary is map $S:U^+\partial M\to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Christopher B. Croke

We establish a global rigidity theorem for Riemannian metrics without conjugate points on three-manifolds of the form $M = \Sigma \times S^1$, where $\Sigma$ is a compact orientable surface of genus at least 2. The main result states that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Stéphane Tchuiaga

The folk questions in Lorentzian Geometry, which concerns the smoothness of time functions and slicings by Cauchy hypersurfaces, are solved by giving simple proofs of: (a) any globally hyperbolic spacetime $(M,g)$ admits a smooth time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Antonio N. Bernal , Miguel Sánchez

The paper establishes a sharp and rigid isoperimetric-type inequality in Lorentzian signature under the assumption of Ricci curvature bounded below in the timelike directions. The inequality is proved in the high generality of Lorentzian…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Fabio Cavalletti , Andrea Mondino

Our outcome is structured in the following sequence: (1) a general result for indefinite Finslerian manifolds with boundary $(M,L)$ showing the equivalence between local and infinitesimal (time, light or space) convexities for the boundary…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Jónatan Herrera , Miguel Sánchez

We consider the scattering and lens rigidity of compact surfaces with boundary that have a trapped geodesic. In particular we show that the flat cylinder and the flat M\"obius strip are determined by their lens data. We also see by example…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-08-26 Christopher B. Croke , Pilar Herreros

In this paper, we consider the boundary rigidity problem on a cylindrical domain in $\mathbb R^{1+n}$, $n\geq 2$, equipped with a stationary (time-invariant) Lorentzian metric. We show that the time separation function between pairs of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Gunther Uhlmann , Yang Yang , Hanming Zhou

We study Riemannian manifolds $(M^n,g)$ with mean-convex boundary whose Ricci curvature is nonnegative in a spectral sense. Our first main result is a sharp spectral extension of a rigidity theorem by Kasue: we prove that under the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Gioacchino Antonelli , Yangyang Li , Paul Sweeney

In this work we establish a version of the Bartnik Splitting Conjecture in the context of Lorentzian length spaces. In precise terms, we show that under an appropriate timelike completeness condition, a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian length…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-13 José Luis Flores , Jónatan Herrera , Didier A. Solis

The purpose of this article is to produce effective versions of some rigidity results in algebra and geometry. On the geometric side, we focus on the spectrum of primitive geodesic lengths (resp., complex lengths) for arithmetic hyperbolic…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-11-21 Benjamin Linowitz , D. B. McReynolds , Paul Pollack , Lola Thompson

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. Assume all maximally extended geodesics intersect the boundary at both ends. Then to each maximal geodesic segment one can form a triple consisting of the initial and final vectors of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-12-05 James Vargo

This paper looks at the splitting problem for globally hyperbolic spacetimes with timelike Ricci curvature bounded below containing a (spacelike, acausal, future causally complete) hypersurface with mean curvature bounded from above. For…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-19 Melanie Graf

The scattering of electromagnetic waves from obstacles with wave-material interaction in thin layers on the surface is described by generalized impedance boundary conditions, which provide effective approximate models. In particular, this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-04 Jörg Nick , Balázs Kovács , Christian Lubich

We show the rigid singularity theorem, that is, a globally hyperbolic spacetime satisfying the strong energy condition and containing past trapped sets, either is timelike geodesically incomplete or splits isometrically as space $\times$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Makoto Narita

In this paper, we consider a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, endowed with a magnetic potential $\alpha$ and a potential $U$. For brevity, this type of systems are called $\MP$-systems. On simple $\MP$-systems, we consider both…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-30 Yernat M. Assylbekov , Hanming Zhou

Based on our previous study [IS3] on the stationary scattering theory for the Schrodinger operator on a manifold possessing an escape function we complete our investigation by doing the time-dependent counterpart. A particular class of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-05-09 Kenichi Ito , Erik Skibsted

In this paper, we investigate well-posedness of time-harmonic scattering of elastic waves by unbounded rigid rough surfaces in three dimensions. The elastic scattering is caused by an $L^2$ function with a compact support in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Guanghui Hu , Tianjiao Wang , Xiang Xu , Yue Zhao

We study the interplay between the global causal and geometric structures of a spacetime $(M,g)$ and the features of a given smooth $\mathbb{R}$-action $\rho$ on $M$ whose orbits are all causal curves, building on classic results about Lie…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-11 Ivan P. Costa e Silva , José Luis Flores