A Toponogov globalisation result for Lorentzian length spaces
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| author | Beran, Tobias Harvey, John Napper, Lewis Rott, Felix |
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| contents | In the synthetic geometric setting introduced by Kunzinger and Sämann, we present an analogue of Toponogov's Globalisation Theorem which applies to Lorentzian length spaces with lower (timelike) curvature bounds. Our approach utilises a "cat's cradle" construction akin to that which appears in several proofs in the metric setting. On the road to our main result, we also provide a lemma regarding the subdivision of triangles in spaces with a local lower curvature bound and a synthetic Lorentzian version of the Lebesgue Number Lemma. Several properties of time functions and the null distance on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian length spaces are also highlighted. We conclude by presenting several applications of our results, including versions of the Bonnet--Myers Theorem and the Splitting Theorem for Lorentzian length spaces with local lower curvature bounds, as well as discussion of stability of curvature bounds under Gromov--Hausdorff convergence. |
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| spellingShingle | A Toponogov globalisation result for Lorentzian length spaces Beran, Tobias Harvey, John Napper, Lewis Rott, Felix Differential Geometry Mathematical Physics Metric Geometry 53C50 (Primary) 53C23, 53B30, 51K10, 53C80 (Secondary) In the synthetic geometric setting introduced by Kunzinger and Sämann, we present an analogue of Toponogov's Globalisation Theorem which applies to Lorentzian length spaces with lower (timelike) curvature bounds. Our approach utilises a "cat's cradle" construction akin to that which appears in several proofs in the metric setting. On the road to our main result, we also provide a lemma regarding the subdivision of triangles in spaces with a local lower curvature bound and a synthetic Lorentzian version of the Lebesgue Number Lemma. Several properties of time functions and the null distance on globally hyperbolic Lorentzian length spaces are also highlighted. We conclude by presenting several applications of our results, including versions of the Bonnet--Myers Theorem and the Splitting Theorem for Lorentzian length spaces with local lower curvature bounds, as well as discussion of stability of curvature bounds under Gromov--Hausdorff convergence. |
| title | A Toponogov globalisation result for Lorentzian length spaces |
| topic | Differential Geometry Mathematical Physics Metric Geometry 53C50 (Primary) 53C23, 53B30, 51K10, 53C80 (Secondary) |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.12733 |