Spacetime topology from causality
广义相对论与量子宇宙学
2007-05-23 v1
摘要
We prove that a globally hyperbolic spacetime with its causality relation is a bicontinuous poset whose interval topology is the manifold topology. This provides an abstract mathematical setting in which one can study causality independent of geometry and differentiable structure.
引用
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0407093,
title = {Spacetime topology from causality},
author = {Keye Martin and Prakash Panangaden},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0407093},
year = {2007}
}
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9 pages