Study perturbs APS boundary conditions for Lorentzian Dirac operators.
problem Maintaining Fredholmness of Dirac operators under perturbations of APS boundary conditions.
method Develop criteria for perturbing compact pairs of projections to remain Fredholm.
result Criteria for perturbing APS boundary conditions without losing Fredholmness.
New boundary conditions solve Cauchy problem for Dirac operators on spacetimes.
problem Understanding non-local boundary conditions for Dirac operators on spacetimes.
method Define and analyze a class of Lorentzian boundary conditions that are local in time and non-local in spatial directions.
result Well-posed Cauchy problem for the Dirac operator is established under these conditions.
Study well-poses Dirac operator problem with APS boundary conditions.
problem Well-posedness of Cauchy problem for Dirac operator on Lorentzian manifolds.
method Derived energy estimates, established uniqueness and existence of weak solutions, introduced mollifier operators.
result Well-posedness of Cauchy problem for Dirac operator with APS boundary conditions.
On a compact globally hyperbolic Lorentzian spin manifold with smooth spacelike Cauchy boundary the (hyperbolic) Dirac operator is known to be Fredholm when Atiyah-Patodi-Singer boundary conditions are imposed. In this paper we investigate to what extent these boundary conditions can be replaced by more general ones an…
Establishes a version of Bartnik's conjecture for Lorentzian length spaces.
problem Proving Bartnik's conjecture for Lorentzian length spaces.
method Using timelike completeness and non-negative timelike curvature bounds, the causal boundary is shown to be a single point.
result A globally hyperbolic Lorentzian length space splits as a metric Lorentzian product.
Study shows Fredholmness of a Lorentzian Dirac operator on spacetimes.
problem Analyzing Fredholmness of a Lorentzian Dirac operator on spacetimes.
method Investigates Fredholmness of a (spatial) Γ-invariant Lorentzian Dirac operator under (anti) Atiyah-Patodi-Singer boundary conditions.
result Demonstrates Fredholmness of the operator in the von Neumann sense.
Formula for index in Lorentzian spacetimes.
problem Developing an index formula for spacetimes with boundary.
method Reduction from equivariant to non-equivariant, Lorentzian spectral flow.
result Equivalence of equivariant index and spectral flow in Lorentzian spacetimes.
We show that many Lorentzian manifolds of dimension >2 do not admit a spacelike codimension-one foliation, and that almost every manifold of dimension >2 which admits a Lorentzian metric at all admits one which satisfies the dominant energy condition and the timelike convergence condition. These two seemingly unrelated…
We show that the Dirac operator on a compact globally hyperbolic Lorentzian spacetime with spacelike Cauchy boundary is a Fredholm operator if appropriate boundary conditions are imposed. We prove that the index of this operator is given by the same expression as in the index formula of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer for Riemann…
Two different spacetimes can mimic each other's boundary measurements.
problem Lorentzian Calderón problem
method Counterexample construction
result Non-isometric spacetimes can have identical boundary measurements
Paper proves rigidity for spin bands with specific conditions.
problem Proving rigidity for initial data sets on spin bands.
method Using Dirac operator techniques and lightlike imaginary W-Killing spinors. result Obtains slight generalizations of known rigidity results.
Three functors link Lorentzian geometry concepts.
problem Finiteness results, singularity theorems, boundary constructions.
method Review of three functors from Lorentzian categories.
result Novel functor from ordered measure spaces to Lorentzian pre-length spaces.
Defines timelike ideal boundary for non-positively curved Lorentzian spaces.
problem Understanding the geometry of non-positively curved Lorentzian spaces.
method Introduces timelike ideal boundary as asymptotic classes of geodesic rays, endows with topology and metric, and studies upper curvature bounds.
result Established upper curvature bounds for the resulting metric space.
Study recovers Lorentzian metrics from boundary data, proving local rigidity.
problem Recovering a Lorentzian metric from scattering data on a boundary.
method Analyzes jet and real analyticity of metrics near lightlike points.
result Metric can be recovered up to gauge transformations near lightlike strictly convex points.
We investigate a parabolic-elliptic system for maps (u,v) from a compact Riemann surface M into a Lorentzian manifold N×R with a warped product metric. That system turns the harmonic map type equations into a parabolic system, but keeps the v-equation as a nonlinear second order constraint along…
We prove that maximal annuli in L3 bounded by circles, straight lines or cone points in a pair of parallel spacelike planes are part of either a Lorentzian catenoid or a Lorentzian Riemann's example. We show that under the same boundary condition, the same conclusion holds even when the maximal annuli hav…
Study on recovering Lorentzian metrics from scattering data.
problem Recovering Lorentzian metrics from scattering data on a boundary.
method Analyzing the role of boundary distance functions and linearizing the light ray transform.
result Scattering rigidity can be reduced to boundary rigidity of magnetic systems.
The b-boundary is a mathematical tool used to attach a topological boundary to incomplete Lorentzian manifolds using a Riemaniann metric called the Schmidt metric on the frame bundle. In this paper, we give the general form of the Schmidt metric in the case of Lorentzian surfaces. Furthermore, we write the Ricci scalar…
In this paper we prove the propagation of singularities for the wave equation on differential forms with natural (i.e. relative or absolute) boundary conditions on Lorentzian manifolds with corners, which in particular includes a formulation of Maxwell's equations. These results are analogous to those obtained by the a…
Study proves rigidity results for analytic spacetimes without boundary or timelike boundary.
problem Determining compact subsets and spacetimes from scattering data.
method Analytic spacetimes, thin exterior layers, non-trapping lightlike geodesics.
result Time separation and scattering relations uniquely determine spacetimes.
Local index formula for Lorentzian Dirac operators on spacetimes.
problem Index theory for Lorentzian Dirac operators with nontrivial dynamics.
method Local index formula based on microlocal analysis.
result Established a local index formula for Lorentzian Dirac-type operators.
Study reveals how travel times on cylindrical boundaries can identify spacetime structure.
problem Determining spacetime structure from boundary travel times.
method Boundary rigidity problem on cylindrical domains with stationary metrics.
result Time separation function uniquely identifies spacetime up to diffeomorphisms.
We prove that the topology, smooth structure, and metric of a compact Lorentzian manifold with boundary is uniquely determined by data at the boundary. The data consists of the lengths and directions of future-directed once-broken geodesics connecting points on the boundary, which are first timelike and then lightlike.…
Defines doubling conditions for Lorentzian spaces linked to curvature bounds.
problem Relating doubling conditions to curvature bounds in Lorentzian geometry.
method Defines doubling conditions using chronological diamonds and proves implications with timelike curvature bounds.
result Relates doubling to curvature bounds in Lorentzian geometry.
In this paper we describe the behavior of solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation, (Box_g+lambda)u=f, on Lorentzian manifolds (X^o,g) which are anti-de Sitter-like (AdS-like) at infinity. Such manifolds are Lorentzian analogues of the so-called Riemannian conformally compact (or asymptotically hyperbolic) spaces, in the…
The question whether a Riemannian manifold is geodesically connected can be studied from geometrical as well as variational methods, and accurate results can be obtained by using the associated distance and related properties of the positive-definiteness. It is natural to state this problem in manifolds with (possibly …
New concept of Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes and metric transitions explored.
problem Signature-changing spacetimes and their geometric properties.
method Introduction and analysis of Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes and transitions.
result Consistency of proper time to horizon in Lorentzian-Euclidean black holes.
Wave equation map reveals manifold's structure.
problem Reconstructing Lorentzian manifold from wave equation map.
method Analyzing Schwartz kernel and boundary light observation set.
result Full Lorentzian structure can be recovered under geometric assumptions.
We define a concept of Lorentzian angle that works even when one or both of the directions involved is null (lightlike). Such angles play a role in Regge-Calculus, in the boundary- and corner- terms for the gravitational action, and in the Lorentzian Gauss-Bonnet theorem (for which we provide a proof).
The paper explores the injectivity of the light ray transform on Lorentzian manifolds.
problem Injectivity of the light ray transform on functions and tensors.
method Analyzes injectivity conditions for scalar and tensor fields on stationary and static Lorentzian manifolds.
result Injectivity of the light ray transform on functions and tensors is proven under specific conditions.
The paper explores uniqueness and non-uniqueness of spacetime extensions in general relativity.
problem Investigating the uniqueness and non-uniqueness of spacetime extensions in general relativity.
method Analyzes the extension of globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifolds with a focus on low regularities.
result Local uniqueness of anchored extensions for certain regularity classes of extensions.
We begin with a basic exploration of the (point-set topological) notion of Hausdorff closed limits in the spacetime setting. Specifically, we show that this notion of limit is well suited to sequences of achronal sets, and use this to generalize the `achronal limits' introduced in [12]. This, in turn, allows for a broa…
Study on conformal harmonic coordinates on manifolds, proving existence and properties.
problem Existence and properties of conformal harmonic coordinates on Riemannian manifolds.
method Solutions to the conformal Laplace equation, proving up to boundary regularity results, elliptic regularity, and unique continuation results.
result Proves conformal harmonic coordinates are a close conformal analogue of harmonic coordinates.
Study finds conditions for existence of specific pseudo-Riemannian cobordisms.
problem Existence of Spin(n+1)-dimensional cobordisms with specific signature. method Analyzes Spin(n+1)-dimensional cobordisms with signature (2,n−1). result Computes cobordism groups and necessary/sufficient conditions for existence.
On a time-oriented Lorentzian manifold (M,g) with non-empty boundary satisfying a convexity assumption, we show that the topological, differentiable, and conformal structure of suitable subsets S⊂M of sources is uniquely determined by measurements of the intersection of future light cones from points in S …
Researchers solve a formally determined inverse problem in Lorentzian geometry.
problem Determining a Lorentzian metric from boundary measurements of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map.
method New method using distorted plane wave solutions and geometric, topological, and unique continuation arguments.
result A globally hyperbolic metric agreeing with the Minkowski metric outside a compact set and having the same Dirichlet-to-Neumann map must be the Minkowski metric up to diffeomorphism.
In this paper we define and study the slant and semi-slant submanifolds of a Lorentzian almost paracontact manifold. Some necessary and sufficient conditions for a submanifold of a Lorentzian almost paracontact manifold to be slant are obtained. We give some examples for the slant and semi-slant submanifolds of a Loren…
The null energy condition is characterized via convexity of entropy in Lorentzian manifolds.
problem Characterizing the null energy condition in Lorentzian manifolds.
method Characterization via convexity of the relative entropy along displacement interpolations on null hypersurfaces.
result The null energy condition is characterized in terms of convexity of the relative entropy.
The study constructs a Lorentzian length space and explores its properties and relationships with metric and causal geometry.
problem Understanding the relationship between metric and causal geometry in Lorentzian spaces.
method Constructing a Lorentzian length space with an orthogonal splitting on a product of an interval and a metric space, and using synthetic time-like Ricci curvature bounds.
result Established sufficient conditions for global hyperbolicity and formulated time-like Ricci curvature bounds without push-up and regularity assumptions.
Paper classifies timelike Bonnet surfaces in Lorentzian 3-manifolds.
problem Classifying timelike Bonnet surfaces in Lorentzian 3-manifolds.
method Provided a necessary and sufficient condition for timelike Bonnet surfaces in Lorentzian 3-spaces.
result Theorem classifying timelike Bonnet surfaces in a Lorentzian 3-space.
We prove a Lorentzian splitting theorem with weakened curvature conditions.
problem Proving a Lorentzian splitting theorem under weakened Ricci curvature conditions.
method Using achronal limits and geometric maximum principles.
result Strengthened a related result in [29] by removing a boundedness condition on Ricci curvature.
Researchers found the longest arcs for specific sub-Lorentzian structures.
problem Finding the longest arcs for sub-Lorentzian structures.
method Optimal control problem with unbounded control set and concave cost functional. Sufficient conditions for existence of longest arcs proposed.
result Existence of the longest arcs for left-invariant three-dimensional contact sub-Lorentzian structures proved.
The paper studies marginally trapped submanifolds in Lorentzian manifolds under null energy condition.
problem Understanding marginally trapped submanifolds in Lorentzian manifolds.
method Analyzes properties of marginally trapped submanifolds in a Lorentzian manifold satisfying the null energy condition.
result Marginally trapped submanifolds have locally volume-maximizing properties in certain null hypersurfaces.
The paper studies graphs with prescribed Lorentzian mean curvature and their relation to Born-Infeld theory.
problem Existence and regularity of spacelike graphs with prescribed Lorentzian mean curvature.
method Analyzes the action functional and uses variational methods to study the existence and regularity of the graph function.
result Sufficient conditions are found to ensure that the graph function solves the Born-Infeld equation and enjoys improved regularity estimates.
Study how algebraic conditions on isotropy group affect Lorentzian homogeneous space geometry.
problem Understand how algebraic conditions on isotropy group affect the geometry and curvature of Lorentzian homogeneous spaces.
method Prove that a Lorentzian locally homogeneous space is locally isometric to a plane wave if it admits an Ambrose--Singer connection with indecomposable, non-irreducible holonomy.
result Generalize existing results about Lorentzian homogeneous spaces with irreducible isotropy and prove results about Lorentzian connections with parallel torsion and 2-symmetric connections.
Study of convergence in Lorentzian spacetimes using temporal functions.
problem Non-compactness of spacetime isometries and convergence in semi-Riemannian settings.
method Introduced anchored convergence and used Cauchy temporal functions to define convergence for spacetimes.
result Established local and global regularity of Cauchy temporal functions and their properties.
Study gluing of Lorentzian length spaces and their causal ladder properties.
problem Compatibility of Lorentzian amalgamation with length space properties.
method Conditions for gluing Lorentzian length spaces and criteria for causal ladder preservation.
result Gluing of Lorentzian length spaces yields again a Lorentzian length space under certain conditions.
On a Lorentzian manifold the existence of a parallel null vector field implies certain constraint conditions on the induced Riemannian geometry of a space-like hypersurface. We will derive these constraint conditions and, conversely, show that every real analytic Riemannian manifold satisfying the constraint conditions…