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.
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.
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.
Study left-invariant Codazzi tensors and harmonic curvature on Lorentzian Lie groups.
problem Characterize left-invariant Codazzi tensors and harmonic curvature on Lorentzian Lie groups.
method Analyze left-invariant Codazzi tensors and harmonic curvature on Lorentzian Lie groups, classify Lie algebras and groups.
result New results on left-invariant Lorentzian metrics with harmonic curvature and non-parallel Ricci operator.
We consider Lie groups equipped with a left-invariant cyclic Lorentzian metric. As in the Riemannian case, in terms of homogeneous structures, such metrics can be considered as different as possible from bi-invariant metrics. We show that several results concerning cyclic Riemannian metrics do not extend to their Loren…
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.
Study left invariant Lorentzian metrics on 3D non-unimodular Lie groups.
problem Classify and analyze left invariant Lorentzian metrics on 3D non-unimodular Lie groups.
method Classify metrics up to automorphism, study curvature functions.
result Obtain Ricci operator, scalar curvature, and sectional curvatures as functions of metrics.
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.
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.
New connections found with specific torsion properties.
problem Understanding metric connections with specific torsion properties.
method Described Lorentzian manifolds with metric connections having parallel, skew-symmetric torsion.
result Found new Lorentzian manifolds with metric connections having parallel, skew-symmetric torsion.
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.
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.
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…
Formula for sectional curvature on 2D Lorentzian manifolds derived.
problem Calculating sectional curvature on 2D Lorentzian manifolds.
method Obtained a formula for sectional curvature.
result Formula for sectional curvature on 2D Lorentzian manifolds.
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.
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.
In this paper, a survey of the recent results about the classification of the connected holonomy groups of the Lorentzian manifolds is given. A simplification of the construction of the Lorentzian metrics with all possible connected holonomy groups is obtained. As the applications, the Einstein equation, Lorentzian man…
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.
New metrics constructed dual to specific wave-like geometries.
problem Constructing metrics dual to general plane-fronted wave Lorentzian metrics.
method Explains construction of extremal and non-Kähler almost-Kähler metrics.
result Constructs canonical almost-Kähler metrics dual to general plane-fronted wave Lorentzian metrics.
Researchers find counterexamples to inverse problems for wave equations.
problem Inverse problems for wave equations on domains and Lorentzian manifolds.
method Constructing non-isometric Lorentzian metrics leading to same partial data measurements.
result Non-isometric Lorentzian metrics can produce identical partial data measurements.
The study finds obstructions to certain Riemannian metrics using Lorentzian geometry.
problem Finding obstructions to curvature distinguished Riemannian metrics.
method Dual Lorentzian metrics and Penrose's plane wave limit.
result Necessary local conditions for certain Riemannian metrics.
Formula derived for curvature on smooth manifolds.
problem Calculating curvature on smooth manifolds.
method Derived a formula for sectional curvature.
result Formula for sectional curvature on smooth manifolds.
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.
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.
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.
New conformally Einstein metrics on Heisenberg group found.
problem Finding new conformally Einstein metrics on specific Lie groups.
method Described Lorentzian semi-direct extensions of the Heisenberg group.
result Classified Bach-flat left-invariant Lorentzian metrics.
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.
We present a systematic study of causality theory on Lorentzian manifolds with continuous metrics. Examples are given which show that some standard facts in smooth Lorentzian geometry, such as light-cones being hypersurfaces, are wrong when metrics which are merely continuous are considered. We show that existence of t…
Local Lorentzian theorem preserves metrics or makes them flat.
problem Analyzing conformal vector fields on Lorentzian manifolds.
method Proves local isometry or conformal flatness using global arguments.
result Optimal improvement of conformal vector field normal forms.
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.
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.
In this paper, we study Lorentzian left invariant Einstein metrics on nilpotent Lie groups. We show that if the center of such Lie groups is degenerate then they are Ricci-flat and their Lie algebras can be obtained by the double extension process from an abelian Euclidean Lie algebra. We show that all nilpotent Lie gr…
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…
We investigate connections between pairs of (pseudo-)Riemannian metrics whose sum is a (tensor) product of a covector field with itself. A bijective mapping between the classes of Euclidean and Lorentzian metrics is constructed as a special result. The existence of such maps on a differentiable manifold is discussed. S…
Study magnetic perturbations in Riemannian and Lorentzian Calderón problems.
problem Determining metrics from boundary measurements under magnetic perturbations.
method Runge approximation for Riemannian case, microlocal analysis for Lorentzian case.
result Metrics can be uniquely determined in both Riemannian and Lorentzian cases under specific perturbations.
The paper classifies tensors on specific Lorentzian metrics.
problem Classification of tensors on homogeneous plane waves.
method Framework of BGG operators to derive explicit formulae.
result Explicit formulae for irreducible Killing and conformal Killing 2-tensors identified.
A Lorentzian flat Lie group is a Lie group G with a flat left invariant metric μ with signature (1,n−1)=(−,+,…,+). The Lie algebra g=TeG of G endowed with ⟨,⟩=μ(e) is called flat Lorentzian Lie algebra. It is known that the metric of a flat Lorentzian Lie group is geodesical…
We determine all Ricci flat left invariant Lorentzian metrics on simply connected 2-step nilpotent Lie groups. We show that the 2k+1-dimensional Heisenberg Lie group H2k+1 carries a Ricci flat left invariant Lorentzian metric if and only if k=1. We show also that for any 2≤q≤k, H2k+1 carries a R…
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.
All candidates to the weakly-irreducible not irreducible holonomy algebras of Lorentzian manifolds are known. In the present paper metrics that realize all these candidates as holonomy algebras are given. This completes the classification of the Lorentzian holonomy algebras. Also new examples of metrics with the holono…
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.
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.
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.
Study on special Lie groups with Lorentzian metrics.
problem Characterize structure of 2-step nilpotent Lorentzian naturally reductive Lie groups. method Develop framework for naturally reductive Lie groups, extend to Lorentzian context, analyze degenerate and non-degenerate cases.
result Complete structural description of naturally reductive 2-step Lorentzian nilpotent Lie groups. Maximal causal curves for Lipschitz metrics are either lightlike or timelike.
problem Characterizing maximal causal curves for Lipschitz metrics.
method Analyzing the parametrization and geodesic equation for maximal causal curves in terms of Filippov solutions.
result Maximal causal curves for Lipschitz metrics are either everywhere lightlike or everywhere timelike.
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.
The maximal analytic Schwarzschild spacetime is manifestly inextendible as a Lorentzian manifold with a twice continuously differentiable metric. In this paper, we prove the stronger statement that it is even inextendible as a Lorentzian manifold with a continuous metric. To capture the obstruction to continuous extens…
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.