Time functions on Lorentzian length spaces
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| author | Burtscher, Annegret García-Heveling, Leonardo |
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| contents | In general relativity, time functions are crucial objects whose existence and properties are intimately tied to the causal structure of a spacetime and also to the initial value formulation of the Einstein equations. In this work we establish all fundamental classical existence results on time functions in the setting of Lorentzian (pre-)length spaces (including causally plain continuous spacetimes, closed cone fields and even more singular spaces). More precisely, we characterize the existence of time functions by $K$-causality, show that a modified notion of Geroch's volume functions are time functions if and only if the space is causally continuous, and lastly, characterize global hyperbolicity by the existence of Cauchy time functions, and Cauchy sets. Our results thus inevitably show that no manifold structure is needed in order to obtain suitable time functions. |
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| spellingShingle | Time functions on Lorentzian length spaces Burtscher, Annegret García-Heveling, Leonardo General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry Metric Geometry 53C23 (primary) 53C50, 53C75, 53C80, 83C05 (secondary) In general relativity, time functions are crucial objects whose existence and properties are intimately tied to the causal structure of a spacetime and also to the initial value formulation of the Einstein equations. In this work we establish all fundamental classical existence results on time functions in the setting of Lorentzian (pre-)length spaces (including causally plain continuous spacetimes, closed cone fields and even more singular spaces). More precisely, we characterize the existence of time functions by $K$-causality, show that a modified notion of Geroch's volume functions are time functions if and only if the space is causally continuous, and lastly, characterize global hyperbolicity by the existence of Cauchy time functions, and Cauchy sets. Our results thus inevitably show that no manifold structure is needed in order to obtain suitable time functions. |
| title | Time functions on Lorentzian length spaces |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry Metric Geometry 53C23 (primary) 53C50, 53C75, 53C80, 83C05 (secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.02693 |