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On Lorentz geometry in algebras of generalized functions

Mathematical Physics 2009-10-09 v3 math.MP Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We introduce a concept of causality in the framework of generalized pseudo-Riemannian Geometry in the sense of J.F. Colombeau and establish the inverse Cauchy-Schwarz inequality in this context. As an application, we prove a dominant energy condition for some energy tensors as put forward in Hawking and Ellis's book "The large scale structure of space-time". Our work is based on a new characterization of free elements in finite dimensional modules over the ring of generalized numbers.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0604052,
  title  = {On Lorentz geometry in algebras of generalized functions},
  author = {Eberhard Mayerhofer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0604052},
  year   = {2009}
}

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26 pages, reorganized, updated references

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