Study of a series of Lorentzian structures on SL(2,R) with SO(1,1) symmetry.
problem Global optimality of extremal trajectories in a series of Lorentzian structures.
method Analysis of a one-parametric series of left-invariant Lorentzian structures on SL(2,R) with SO(1,1) symmetry.
result Properties of the Lorentzian structures deform to those of the sub-Lorentzian structure in a limit case.
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 classifies Lorentzian Lie groups based on Codazzi tensors and quasi-statistical structures.
problem Classifying Lorentzian Lie groups based on specific tensor properties.
method Classification of three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups based on Ricci tensors and quasi-statistical structures associated with different affine connections.
result The paper classifies three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups based on Codazzi tensors and quasi-statistical structures associated with Bott, canonical, and Kobayashi-Nomizu connections.
Proves existence of longest paths in sub-Lorentzian problems.
problem Existence of longest paths in sub-Lorentzian problems.
method Generalizes classical theorem for Lorentzian manifolds to sub-Lorentzian problems.
result Longest paths exist for any left-invariant sub-Lorentzian structures on Carnot groups.
Research explores Lorentzian distances on a specific geometric plane.
problem Investigating Lorentzian structures on a 2D geometric plane.
method Analyzes sectional curvature, attainable sets, and Lorentzian length maximizers.
result Describes distance properties and spheres in the context of Lorentzian geometry.
The goal of this paper, using lifting theory it is to produce almost paracomplex struc- tures on the tangent bundle of almost Lorentzian r-paracontact manifold endowed with almost Lorentzian r-paracontact structure. Finally, we discuss the effect over dynamics systems of the produced geometrical structures.
In this paper, we study the invariant and noninvariant hypersurfaces of (1,1,1) almost contact manifolds, Lorentzian almost paracontact manifolds and Lorentzian para-Sasakian manifolds, respectively. We show that a noninvariant hypersurface of an (1,1,1) almost contact manifold admits an almost product structure. We in…
The paper classifies Ricci solitons on specific Lorentzian Lie groups.
problem Classifying algebraic Ricci solitons on three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups.
method Computed canonical and Kobayashi-Nomizu connections and their curvatures; defined algebraic Ricci solitons.
result Classified algebraic Ricci solitons on specific Lorentzian Lie groups.
We investigate the twistor space and the Grassmannian fibre bundle of a Lorentzian 4-space with natural almost optical structures and its induced CR-structures. The twistor spaces of the Lorentzian space forms $\R^4_1, \Di{S}^4_1$ and $\Di{H}^4_1$ are explicitly discussed. The given twistor construction is applied to s…
Constructs Lorentzian manifolds from Riemannian conformal structures.
problem Creating Lorentzian manifolds from Riemannian conformal structures.
method Starting from a Riemannian conformal structure, a family of Lorentzian manifolds is constructed using a metric in the conformal class and a 1-parameter family of tensor fields.
result Every Mobius structure on a Riemannian conformal structure arises from this construction.
The paper classifies solitons on specific Lie groups.
problem Classifying solitons on three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups.
method Computing Wanas tensor and defining algebraic Wanas solitons.
result Classification of algebraic Wanas solitons on specific Lie groups.
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.
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.
Two flat sub-Lorentzian problems on Martinet distribution differ in attainable set intersections.
problem Flat sub-Lorentzian structures on Martinet distribution.
method Analysis of attainable sets, optimal trajectories, sub-Lorentzian distances and spheres.
result The attainable set for the first problem intersects with the Martinet plane, while for the second it does not.
Study on extremals in sub-Lorentzian geometry defined by antinorm.
problem Characterizing extremals in sub-Lorentzian structures.
method Deriving Hamiltonian system and conditions for extremal trajectories.
result Conditions for normal extremal trajectories and properties of abnormal extremals.
Classifies Ricci solitons on specific Lorentzian Lie groups.
problem Classifying Ricci solitons on three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups.
method Examined canonical and perturbed canonical connections, as well as Kobayashi-Nomizu connections and perturbed Kobayashi-Nomizu connections.
result Classified affine Ricci solitons on three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups with product structure.
We study necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of Lorentzian and weak Lorentzian cobordisms between closed smooth manifolds of arbitrary dimension such that the structure group of the frame bundle of the cobordism is $\Spin(1, n)_0$. This extends a result of Gibbons-Hawking on $\Sl(2, \C)$-Lorentzian co…
Quantum field theory uses Lorentzian bordisms to describe time evolution.
problem Describing the time evolution of quantum field theories.
method Defines a functorial field theory on Lorentzian bordism pseudo-category.
result Lorentzian bordisms naturally arise in algebraic quantum field theory.
In this article we develop some elementary aspects of a theory of symmetry in sub-Lorentzian geometry. First of all we construct invariants characterizing isometric classes of sub-Lorentzian contact 3 manifolds. Next we characterize vector fields which generate isometric and conformal symmetries in general sub-Lorentzi…
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.
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.
We show that a Lorentzian homogeneous space admitting a homogeneous structure of type T1 + T3 is either a (locally) symmetric space or a singular homogeneous plane wave.
We provide a classification of ts-invariant sub-Lorentzian structures on 3 dimensional contact Lie groups. Our approach is based on invariants arising form the construction of a normal Cartan connection.
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…
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.
Study finds holonomy algebras for Lorentzian Weyl spin manifolds with specific spinors.
problem Characterizing Lorentzian Weyl spin manifolds with weighted parallel spinors.
method Analyzing holonomy algebras and introducing special coordinates.
result Local forms and examples of Lorentzian Weyl spin manifolds with weighted parallel spinors.
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.
Study null hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds, proving Riemannian flow structure.
problem Properties of Lorentzian manifolds influenced by totally geodesic null hypersurfaces.
method Coupling rigging technique with null foliation existence to prove Riemann flow structure.
result Proves curvature conditions restrict causal structure of spacetime.
Study of recurrent Lorentzian Weyl spaces with detailed local and global structures.
problem Characterizing and classifying non-closed Lorentzian Weyl manifolds.
method Analyzing curvature tensors, Lie group actions, and differential invariants.
result Locally homogeneous non-closed recurrent Lorentzian Weyl manifolds 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. We show that every closed Lorentzian surface contains at least two closed geodesics. Explicit examples show the optimality of this claim. Refining this result we relate the least number of closed geodesics to the causal structure of the surface and the homotopy type of the Lorentzian metric.
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…
The study proves a transverse diameter theorem for Lorentzian foliations.
problem Understanding the geometry of foliations in Lorentzian spacetimes.
method Developed a novel causality structure on leaf spaces via transverse Lorentzian geometry.
result Derived a transverse diameter theorem for Lorentzian foliations and orbifolds.
In this paper we discuss the twistor equation in Lorentzian spin geometry. In particular, we explain the local conformal structure of Lorentzian manifolds, which admit twistor spinors inducing lightlike Dirac currents. Furthermore, we derive all local geometries with singularity free twistor spinors that occur up to di…
Clarifies definitions of global hyperbolicity in various spaces.
problem Clarifying terminology in recent literature on global hyperbolicity.
method Comparing definitions in Lorentzian length spaces, optimal transport, and topological preordered spaces.
result The causal relation is a closed order and preserves compactness in all cases.
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 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.
Defines and classifies algebraic Schouten solitons in 3D Lorentzian Lie groups.
problem Classifying solitons in 3D Lorentzian Lie groups.
method Defined algebraic Schouten solitons and classified them for specific connections.
result Classified algebraic Schouten solitons for various connections on 3D Lorentzian Lie groups.
We study transformations of coordinates on a Lorentzian Einstein manifold with a parallel distribution of null lines and show that the general Walker coordinates can be simplified. In these coordinates, the full Lorentzian Einstein equation is reduced to equations on a family of Einstein Riemannian metrics.
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. Introduces Lorentzian Cayley form solving geometric puzzle.
problem Solving geometric puzzle in 4D Lorentzian geometry.
method Introduces complex Cayley forms and Lorentzian Cayley form.
result Lorentzian Cayley form solves geometric puzzle.
We study the geometry of compact Lorentzian manifolds that admit a somewhere timelike Killing vector field, and whose isometry group has infinitely many connected components. Up to a finite cover, such manifolds are products (or amalgamated products) of a flat Lorentzian torus and a compact Riemannian (resp., lightlike…
Study of CR-submanifolds in various Lorentzian manifolds.
problem Exploring CR-submanifolds in different Lorentzian structures.
method Analyzing properties and results of CR-submanifolds in LCS, LP-cosymplectic, S, and GKM manifolds.
result Obtained results on totally umbilical and geodesic CR-submanifolds.
The paper examines timelike conformal fields on 3-manifolds and finds they are rigidly tied to specific geometric structures.
problem Investigating timelike conformal vector fields on closed Lorentzian 3-manifolds.
method Performing conformal changes to unit vectors and analyzing the resulting flows through stable Hamiltonian structures and cohomology.
result Timelike conformal vector fields on 3-manifolds are either Reeb vector fields of Sasakian or co-Kähler structures.
Study establishes time functions in Lorentzian spaces without requiring manifold structure.
problem Existence and properties of time functions in Lorentzian spaces.
method Characterization of time functions by K-causality, modified volume functions, and global hyperbolicity.
result No manifold structure is needed for suitable time functions in Lorentzian spaces.
This paper is a survey on special geometric structures that admit conformal Killing spinors based on lectures, given at the ``Workshop on Special Geometric Structures in String Theory'', Bonn, September 2001 and at ESI, Wien, November 2001. We discuss the case of Lorentzian signature and explain which geometries occur …
Study Godbillon-Vey invariants in non-Lorentzian spacetimes and fluid dynamics.
problem Characterizing and measuring the local spin of spatial leaves in non-Lorentzian spacetimes.
method Relating intrinsic torsion to Godbillon-Vey class, using geometric structures to model fluid dynamics.
result Godbillon-Vey class represents an obstruction to steady flow of fluid and new conservation laws.
We describe the structure of the Ricci tensor on a locally homogeneous Lorentzian gradient Ricci soliton. In the non-steady case, we show the soliton is rigid in dimensions three and four. In the steady case, we give a complete classification in dimension three.