Defines new metrics for Lorentzian spaces and their convergence.
problem Defining metrics for Lorentzian spaces and their convergence.
method Abstract approach to Lorentzian Gromov-Hausdorff distance and convergence, defining bounded Lorentzian-metric spaces, and proving stability under GH limits.
result GH limits of Lorentzian-metric spaces are isometric and homeomorphic.
Defines metrics for Lorentzian spaces and explores maximal developments.
problem Defining metrics and maximal developments in Lorentzian spaces.
method Defining Lorentzian spaces and using functorial properties.
result Explicit non-spacetime example of maximal globally hyperbolic Lorentzian space.
Researchers extend the concept of metric spaces to Lorentzian spaces and prove the feasibility of their c-completion.
problem Extending the concept of metric spaces to Lorentzian spaces and proving their c-completion.
method Revisiting Lorentzian metric spaces, constructing c-completion, proving feasibility and endowing with Lorentzian metric space structure.
result The c-completion of Lorentzian metric spaces is feasible and well-suited, completing the original space in a precise sense.
Study properties of semi-symmetric Lorentzian spaces, foliated manifolds.
problem Properties of semi-symmetric pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
method Investigate foliated manifolds with Lorentzian metrics and analyze Ricci operator eigenvalues.
result Ricci operator has only real eigenvalues for Lorentzian metrics.
The paper reconstructs Lorentzian spacetimes from causal sets.
problem Reconstructing Lorentzian spacetimes from causal sets.
method Introduced a concept of isomorphy and three types of convergence.
result Established Gromov's reconstruction theorem in Lorentzian geometry.
Characterizes intrinsic Lorentzian spaces using midpoint properties.
problem Deciding if a metric is length-based in Lorentzian spaces.
method Adapting midpoint criteria from metric geometry to Lorentzian pre-length spaces.
result Spaces with specific midpoint properties are strictly or merely intrinsic.
Synthetic approach to conformal transformations in metric and Lorentzian spaces.
problem Defining consistent conformal transformations in spaces of low regularity.
method Introducing conformal transformations in metric and Lorentzian spaces, focusing on Lorentzian pre-length spaces.
result Established a consistent notion of conformal length and proved its properties.
New method glues Lorentzian spaces, preserving curvature bounds.
problem Creating new spaces from existing ones in Lorentzian geometry.
method Introducing an amalgamation process for Lorentzian pre-length spaces.
result Gluing preserves upper curvature bounds in spacetimes.
The paper constructs Gromov-Hausdorff metrics for Lorentzian spaces and calculates dimensions.
problem Understanding the geometry and dimensions of Lorentzian spaces.
method Construction of Gromov-Hausdorff metrics, calculation of dimensions, and analysis of Lorentzian spaces.
result Dushnik-Miller dimension of Minkowski spaces is countably infinite.
Study the metric geometry of Cauchy hypersurfaces in spacetimes.
problem Properties of the space of Cauchy hypersurfaces.
method Equipped with a Hausdorff-type metric, studied completeness and local compactness.
result Generalized completeness results for spacetimes.
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.
Proves limit curve theorem for incomplete metric spaces, applies to null distance in Lorentzian manifolds.
problem Control of Lorentzian lengths of limit curves in incomplete metric spaces.
method Proves limit curve theorem for incomplete metric spaces and applies to null distance.
result Strong control on Lorentzian lengths of limit curves in Sormani and Vegas' null distance.
Study classifies Einstein-Yang-Mills spaces in 4D symmetric spaces.
problem Classifying Lorentzian symmetric spaces with Einstein-Yang-Mills properties.
method Classification based on invariant metric connections and diagonal metrics.
result Four-dimensional symmetric spaces with nontrivial isotropy groups are classified.
Optimal transport explored on a specific geometric space.
problem Optimal transport problem in sub-Lorentzian Heisenberg group.
method Synthetic metric spacetime structure analysis and sub-Lorentzian version of Brenier's theorem.
result Established sub-Lorentzian version of Brenier's theorem and derived Monge-Ampère equation.
Researchers generalize space forms in Riemannian geometry using specific vector fields.
problem Generalizing space forms in Riemannian geometry with a distinguished vector field.
method Proposing and studying pairs (g,T) of Riemannian metrics and vector fields, leading to Lorentzian metrics with constant curvature.
result Only flat, product manifolds with universal covering as a product of R and N are the only pairs (g,T) whose corresponding Lorentzian metric is a space form in the compact setting.
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.
The notion of Γ-symmetric space is a natural generalization of the classical notion of symmetric space based on $\z_2$-grading of Lie algebras. In our case, we consider homogeneous spaces G/H such that the Lie algebra $\g$ of G admits a Γ-grading where Γ is a finite abelian group. In this work we study Rieman…
We study the neutral Kähler metric on the space of time-like lines in Lorentzian E13, which we identify with the total space of the tangent bundle to the hyperbolic plane. We find all of the infinitesimal isometries of this metric, as well as the geodesics, and interpret them in terms of the Lorentzian metr…
The paper classifies metrics on specific Lie groups and finds unique properties of these metrics.
problem Classifying left-invariant Lorentzian metrics on specific Lie groups.
method Analyzing the three-dimensional Heisenberg group and its direct product with Euclidean space.
result There are exactly six left-invariant Lorentzian metrics on the Lie group, one of which is flat and the others are Ricci solitons but not Einstein.
We determine, for all three-dimensional non-unimodular Lie groups equipped with a Lorentzian metric, the set of homogeneous geodesics through a point. Together with the results of [C] and [CM2], this leads to the full classification of three-dimensional Lorentzian g.o. spaces and naturally reductive spaces.
Study extends null distance concept to Lorentzian length spaces for spacetime analysis.
problem Understanding spacetime convergence and topology in Lorentzian geometry.
method Extend null distance concept to Lorentzian length spaces, study Gromov-Hausdorff convergence.
result First results on compatibility of null distance with synthetic curvature bounds in warped product Lorentzian length spaces.
Survey on warped products and their curvature properties.
problem Understanding warped products and their curvature bounds.
method Construction and analysis of warped products between manifolds and metric spaces.
result Warp products have nice curvature properties, especially sectional and Ricci bounds.
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 defines new products for Lorentzian spaces and analyzes causal diamonds.
problem Understanding causal diamonds in Lorentzian spaces.
method Introduced taxicab and uniform products for Lorentzian pre-length spaces. Defined D(RimesTX) space and analyzed its properties. result The space D(RimesTX) is geodesic and globally hyperbolic for complete X. Proves Lorentzian manifold properties for analytic 3D spaces.
problem Analyzing properties of Lorentzian manifolds.
method Analyzes compact, real-analytic, three-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds.
result Identity conformal group preserves metric or manifold is flat.
The local classification of conformally flat Lorentzian manifolds with special holonomy groups is obtained. The corresponding local metrics are certain extensions of Riemannian spaces of constant sectional curvature to Walker metrics.
Researchers found sub-Lorentzian geodesics on a specific Lie subgroup.
problem Finding geodesics on a specific Lie subgroup with a sub-Lorentzian metric.
method Formulated a time-anti-optimal control problem, applied Pontryagin's minimum principle, and used geodesics and shortest arcs of a sub-Riemannian metric.
result Discovered sub-Lorentzian nonspacelike geodesics and longest arcs.
New Alexandrov-Patchwork construction for Lorentzian spaces with curvature bounds.
problem Understanding finite diameter constraints in Lorentzian geometry.
method Constructing Alexandrov-Patchwork and proving Bonnet-Myers theorem for Lorentzian spaces.
result Lorentzian spaces with curvature bounds have finite diameter.
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.
This paper explores Lorentzian manifolds with specific connections and their symmetries.
problem Characterizing Lorentzian manifolds with concircularly semi-symmetric metric connections.
method Investigates the properties of Lorentzian manifolds equipped with a concircularly semi-symmetric metric connection under specific conditions.
result Derives necessary and sufficient conditions for the manifold to be Einstein and proves that a perfect fluid space-time with a semi-symmetric metric P-connection is Ricci pseudo-symmetric manifold of constant type. We discuss contact invariant structures on the space of solutions of a third-order ordinary differential equation. Associated to any third-order differential equation modulo contact transformations, Chern introduced a degenerate conformal Lorentzian metric on the space of 2-jets of functions of one variable. When the W…
Study on cones over metric spaces with curvature bounds.
problem Establishing curvature bounds for cones over metric spaces.
method Developed a localization technique to prove synthetic curvature bounds.
result Riemannian and Lorentzian cones over CD-spaces satisfy MCP and vice versa.
Study on averaging geometric structures in Finsler spaces with Lorentzian signature.
problem Averaging geometric structures in Finsler spaces with Lorentzian signature.
method Definition of an average connection without using the timelike vector field.
result No direct relation between the two averaged objects.
The paper explores Lorentzian connections with parallel skew torsion.
problem Understanding metric connections with parallel skew-symmetric torsion in Lorentzian signature.
method Analyzing holonomy algebras, torsion, and curvature; constructing examples; classifying homogeneous spaces.
result Complete classification of Lorentzian naturally reductive homogeneous spaces in low dimensions.
We describe the structure of d-dimensional homogeneous Lorentzian G-manifolds M=G/H of a semisimple Lie group G. Due to a result by N. Kowalsky, it is sufficient to consider the case when the group G acts properly, that is the stabilizer H is compact. Then any homogeneous space G/Hˉ with a smaller gro…
Defines a geometric dimension for Lorentzian spaces, distinguishing spacelike and null subspaces.
problem No specific problem stated; focuses on defining a new geometric dimension.
method Introduces a one-parameter family of volume measures and a doubling condition for causal diamonds.
result Defines a geometric dimension for synthetic spacetimes, distinguishing between spacelike and null subspaces.
We present in this paper a C1-metric on an open neighbourhood of the origin in $\RR^{5}$. The metric is of Lorentzian signature (1,4) and admits a solution to the twistor equation for spinors with a unique isolated zero at the origin. The metric is not conformally flat in any neighbourhood of the origin. The const…
The 2-parameter family of certain homogeneous Lorentzian 3-manifolds which includes Minkowski 3-space and anti-de Sitter 3-space is considered. Each homogeneous Lorentzian 3-manifold in the 2-parameter family has a solvable Lie group structure with left invariant metric. A generalized integral representation formula wh…
Study of longest arcs and cut loci in deformed anti de-Sitter spaces.
problem Existence and properties of time-like cycles in deformed Lorentzian manifolds.
method Analysis of universal covering, admissible curves, and Lorentzian geodesics.
result Identification of cut time and cut locus in deformed anti de-Sitter spaces.
Diagonalizes metrics of 3D Lorentzian manifolds.
problem Diagonalizing metrics of 3D Lorentzian manifolds.
method Applying the technique of moving frames.
result Every smooth Lorentzian 3-manifold admits an atlas with a diagonal metric.
We study curvature properties of four-dimensional Lorentzian manifold with two-symmetry property. We then consider Einstein-like metrics, Ricci solitons and homogeneity over these spaces.
Proves a synthetic Lorentzian Cartan-Hadamard theorem.
problem Formulates and proves a theorem for Lorentzian geometry.
method Uses an appropriate notion of local concavity for Lorentzian (pre-)length spaces.
result Establishes existence and uniqueness of timelike geodesics.
Proves metrics of curvature ≤ -1 on surfaces are isometric to space-like convex surfaces in anti-de Sitter space.
problem Proving metrics of curvature ≤ -1 on closed surfaces.
method Approximation using isometric immersion of smooth metrics by Labourie--Schlenker.
result Any metric with curvature ≤ -1 on a closed surface is isometric to a space-like convex surface in anti-de Sitter space.
Study homogeneous Lorentzian manifolds under reductive Lie groups, reducing descriptions to semisimple groups.
problem Characterize homogeneous Lorentzian manifolds under reductive Lie groups.
method Analyze manifolds M=G/L for connected reductive Lie groups G and reductive subgroup L; focus on totally reducible isotropy representations. result Homogeneous Lorentzian manifolds reduce to semisimple Lie groups, and are reductive.
Globalisation theorem for Lorentzian spaces with curvature bounds.
problem Synthetic geometric analysis of Lorentzian length spaces.
method Cat's cradle construction and synthetic geometry.
result An analogue of Toponogov's Globalisation Theorem for Lorentzian length spaces.
We propose a formulation of a Lorentzian quantum geometry based on the framework of causal fermion systems. After giving the general definition of causal fermion systems, we deduce space-time as a topological space with an underlying causal structure. Restricting attention to systems of spin dimension two, we derive th…
Continuous Lorentzian metrics yield infinitesimal Minkowskian spacetimes.
problem Understanding spacetime properties from continuous Lorentzian metrics.
method Proving infinitesimal Minkowskianity for causally simple metric measure spacetimes.
result Continuous Lorentzian metrics result in spacetimes that are infinitesimally Minkowskian.
In this work, we are interested in a non symmetric homogeneous space, namely SO(2m)/Sp(m). We show that this space admits a structure of Z22-symmetric space. We describe all the non degenerated metrics and classify the Riemannian and Lorentzian ones.