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Isocausal spacetimes may have different causal boundaries

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-27 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

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 can preserve all the binary relations induced by causality). This example also suggests that isocausality can be useful for the understanding and computation of the c-boundary.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1103.2083,
  title  = {Isocausal spacetimes may have different causal boundaries},
  author = {J. L. Flores and J. Herrera and M. Sanchez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.2083},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Minor modifications, including the title, which matches now with the published version. 12 pages, 3 figures

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