The study proves timelike Ricci bounds for low regularity spacetimes using optimal transport.
problem Proving timelike Ricci bounds for spacetimes with low regularity.
method Using optimal transport to prove timelike measure-contraction property.
result Timelike curvature-dimension condition holds for C1,1 metrics. This survey introduces synthetic timelike Ricci curvature bounds in Lorentzian spaces.
problem Synthetic timelike Ricci curvature bounds in non-smooth Lorentzian spaces.
method Optimal transport and entropy tools.
result Synthetic version of Hawking's singularity theorem and synthetic characterisation of Einstein's vacuum equations.
Sharp inequality for Lorentzian spaces with timelike Ricci bounds.
problem Establishing bounds on achronal hypersurfaces in Lorentzian spaces.
method Optimal transport and synthetic TCDpe(K,N) spaces. result Sharp isoperimetric-type inequality for Lorentzian spaces.
Optimizes transport in Finsler spacetimes with lower Ricci bounds.
problem Optimizing transport in Finsler spacetimes with lower Ricci bounds.
method Using optimal transport and weighted Ricci curvature bounds.
result Proves timelike curvature-dimension condition for Finsler spacetimes.
Stability of timelike Ricci bounds in low-regularity spacetimes.
problem Stability of synthetic timelike Ricci curvature bounds under C0-limits. method Constructing smooth approximations and analyzing limiting behavior via Lorentzian optimal transport.
result Impulsive gravitational waves satisfy synthetic timelike Ricci curvature lower bounds.
The paper proves properties of Lipschitz spacetimes with bounded Ricci curvature.
problem Properties of Lipschitz spacetimes with bounded Ricci curvature.
method Globally hyperbolic spacetimes with locally Lipschitz metrics and timelike Ricci curvature.
result New comparison theorems for Lipschitz spacetimes.
Study timelike Ricci curvature bounds via optimal transport with Orlicz-type costs.
problem Characterize timelike Ricci curvature bounds.
method Optimal transport with Orlicz-type costs, convexity of relative entropy.
result Characterize timelike Ricci curvature lower bounds via convexity of relative entropy.
Unified approach to various energy conditions in spacetime geometry.
problem Synthetic quantification of energy conditions in spacetime.
method Introducing entropic timelike curvature dimension condition with variable Ricci curvature bounds.
result Unified approach to various energy conditions including strong, weak, and null energy conditions.
Develops optimal transport in Lorentzian spaces with synthetic curvature bounds.
problem Synthetic curvature bounds for Lorentzian spaces.
method Optimal transport, convexity analysis of entropy functionals.
result Synthetic notion of timelike Ricci curvature lower bounds.
Derives spacetime regularity under specific curvature conditions.
problem Ensuring smoothness in spacetime models with given curvature constraints.
method General regularity estimate for 4-d spacetimes, using Ricci curvature and Lie derivatives.
result Establishes conditions for smoothness in spacetime models.
The article introduces a new convergence concept for Lorentzian spaces and applies it to generalized cones.
problem Stability of curvature bounds in generalized Lorentzian cones.
method Introduces ℓ-convergence for Lorentzian pre-length spaces, applies it to generalized cones, and proves stability of curvature bounds. result Sharp timelike curvature and curvature-dimension bounds for generalized cones are established.
Timelike curvature and Brunn-Minkowski inequality linked in non-smooth spacetimes.
problem Equivalence between timelike Ricci curvature and Brunn-Minkowski inequality in synthetic Lorentzian spaces.
method Introducing strong q-timelike Brunn-Minkowski condition and proving equivalence to curvature conditions. result Timelike curvature dimension condition equivalent to timelike Brunn-Minkowski inequality in specific settings.
New curvature measure for causal sets derived from optimal transport.
problem Capturing Ricci curvature in causal sets.
method Using Lorentzian optimal transport, novel curvature defined along maximal chains.
result Recovery of timelike Ricci curvature from order-theoretic data.
We establish volume comparison results for balls in Riemannian manifolds with C1,1-metrics with a lower bound on the Ricci tensor and for the evolution of spacelike, acausal, causally complete hypersurfaces with an upper bound on the mean curvature in spacetimes with C1,1-metrics with a lower bound on the tim…
We analyze Lorentzian spacetimes subject to curvature-dimension bounds using the Bakry-Émery-Ricci tensor. We extend the Hawking-Penrose type singularity theorem and the Lorentzian timelike splitting theorem to synthetic dimensions N≤1, including all negative synthetic dimensions. The rigidity of the timelike spli…
We consider the Hawking-Penrose singularity theorems and the Lorentzian splitting theorem under the weaker curvature condition of nonnegative Bakry-Emery-Ricci curvature Ricfm in timelike directions. We prove that they still hold when m is finite, and when m is infinite, they hold under the additional assumptio…
Note shows equivalence of recent NEC reformulation to classical NEC for C2-metrics.
problem Consistency of null energy condition in Lorentzian length spaces.
method Shows equivalence of recent reformulation of null energy condition to classical formulation for C2-metrics. result Equivalence of recent reformulation of null energy condition to classical formulation for C2-metrics. Study introduces new curvature conditions for Lorentzian spaces using Rényi entropy.
problem Developing synthetic curvature conditions for Lorentzian spaces.
method Introducing timelike curvature-dimension conditions and measure-contraction properties using Rényi entropy.
result Equivalence of new curvature conditions to entropic counterparts.
We develop area and volume comparison theorems for the evolution of spacelike, acausal, causally complete hypersurfaces in Lorentzian manifolds, where one has a lower bound on the Ricci tensor along timelike curves, and an upper bound on the mean curvature of the hypersurface. Using these results, we give a new proof o…
We consider spacetimes with compact Cauchy hypersurfaces and with Ricci tensor bounded from below on the set of timelike unit vectors, and prove that the results known for spacetimes satisfying the timelike convergence condition, namely, foliation by CMC hypersurfaces, are also valid in the present situation, if corres…
The paper constructs a new Ricci-flat metric on almost abelian Lie groups.
problem Finding Lorentzian homogeneous Ricci-flat metrics on almost abelian Lie groups.
method Constructing left-invariant metrics on almost abelian Lie groups, focusing on dimensions four or higher.
result A new Ricci-flat metric that generalizes the Petrov solution to higher dimensions.
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.
Causal spacetimes with Ricci tensor have unique transformations.
problem Understanding transformations in viable causal spacetimes.
method Analyzing Ricci tensor and causal diffeomorphisms.
result Causal diffeomorphisms preserving Ricci tensor are homotheties.
Moitvated in part by [3], in this note we obtain a rigidity result for globally hyperbolic vacuum spacetimes in arbitrary dimension that admit a timelike conformal Killing vector field. Specifically, we show that if M is a Ricci flat, timelike geodesically complete spacetime with compact Cauchy surfaces that admits a t…
Equivalence found between smooth and synthetic timelike curvature bounds.
problem Understanding timelike sectional curvature bounds in spacetime geometry.
method Established equivalence between sectional curvature bounds on timelike planes and synthetic timelike bounds.
result Equivalence proved for sectional curvature bounds on timelike planes and synthetic timelike bounds on strongly causal spacetimes.
The study introduces hyperbolic angles in Lorentzian spaces and characterizes curvature bounds.
problem Characterizing timelike curvature bounds in Lorentzian spaces.
method Synthetic geometric framework of Lorentzian (pre-)length spaces, introduction of hyperbolic angles, and angle monotonicity condition.
result Characterization of timelike curvature bounds with an angle monotonicity condition.
We consider the kinematics of specific fluid spacetimes admitting timelike congruences of Ricci Solitons. These fluids includes string cloud, string fluid, perfect fluid, radially symmetric fluid, anisotropic fluid and relativistic magneto-fluid. Results are obtained and important physical aspects are discussed.
Timelike curves in Lorentzian length spaces have a total curvature notion that agrees with smooth curves.
problem Estimating the length of timelike curves in Lorentzian length spaces.
method Introducing a synthetic timelike total curvature notion.
result Proving timelike curves of finite total curvature are rectifiable.
The paper proves a Hawking-type singularity theorem using worldvolume quantum strong energy inequalities.
problem Improving classical singularity theorems with weakened energy conditions.
method Integral Ricci curvature bounds based on worldvolume quantum strong energy inequalities.
result Past geodesic incompleteness proven in cosmological scenarios.
We consider almost η-Ricci solitons in (ε)-para Sasakian manifolds satisfying certain curvature conditions. In the gradient case we give an estimation of the Ricci curvature tensor's norm and express the scalar curvature of the manifold in terms of the functions that define the soliton. We also prove that…
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.
Proves Hawking's theorem for less smooth spacetime metrics.
problem Proving Hawking's singularity theorem for less smooth spacetime metrics.
method New estimates for Ricci curvature and a segment-type inequality for volume control.
result Proves Hawking's singularity theorem for Lipschitz metrics.
This paper looks at the splitting problem for globally hyperbolic spacetimes with timelike Ricci curvature bounded below containing a (spacelike, acausal, future causally complete) hypersurface with mean curvature bounded from above. For such spacetimes we show a splitting theorem under the assumption of either the exi…
Let s be at least 2. We construct Ricci flat pseudo-Riemannian manifolds of signature (2s,s) which are not locally homogeneous but whose curvature tensors never the less exhibit a number of important symmetry properties. They are curvature homogeneous; their curvature tensor is modeled on that of a local symmetric spac…
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.
We study the motion of an n-dimensional closed spacelike hypersurface in a Lorentzian manifold in the direction of its past directed normal vector, where the speed equals a positive power p of the mean curvature. We prove that for any p∈(0,1], the flow exists for all time when the Ricci tensor of the ambient s…
On a Riemannian manifold, lower Ricci curvature bounds are known to be characterized by geodesic convexity properties of various entropies with respect to the Kantorovich-Rubinstein-Wasserstein square distance from optimal transportation. These notions also make sense in a (nonsmooth) metric measure setting, where they…
Lorentzian Ptolemy inequality linked to curvature bounds.
problem Global timelike sectional curvature bounds in Lorentzian geometry.
method Investigation of Ptolemy inequality in globally hyperbolic spacetimes.
result Equivalence of Lorentzian Ptolemy inequality to curvature bound.
We develop a new approach on the (1+3) threading of spacetime (M,g) with respect to a congruence of curves defined by an arbitrary timelike vector field. The study is based on spatial tensor fields and on the Riemannian spatial connection ∇⋆, which behave as 3D geometric objects. We obtain new formul…
We consider spacetimes consisting of a manifold with Lorentzian metric and a weight function or scalar field. These spacetimes admit a Bakry-Émery-Ricci tensor which is a natural generalization of the Ricci tensor. We impose an energy condition on the Bakry-Émery-Ricci tensor and obtain singularity theorems of a cosmol…
In this paper, we generalize the defining equation for de Sitter space by replacing the de Sitter radius with a function f satisfying certain conditions; each resulting hypersurface is diffeomorphic to de Sitter space, and has a geometry (and causal character) which is controlled by the choice of f. Necessary and s…
Study of timelike surfaces with time-minimizing rulings in Newtonian and relativistic spacetimes.
problem Understanding time-minimizing paths in spacetime geometries.
method Constructing timelike surfaces ruled by geodesics of Finsler or Jacobi metrics.
result Explicit examples of brachistochrone-ruled timelike surfaces in Minkowski and Schwarzschild spacetimes.
3D Lorentzian manifolds can't be closed Einstein with positive constant.
problem Prohibiting closed Lorentzian 3-manifolds with positive Einstein constant.
method Analyzing Ricci tensor properties and unit timelike vector fields.
result No closed Lorentzian 3-manifolds with positive Einstein constant exist.
Study on Lorentzian spaces with curvature bounds, proving comparison theorems.
problem Understanding curvature bounds in Lorentzian spaces.
method Introduced normalized angle for Lorentzian pre-length spaces, proving comparison theorems.
result Established local Lorentzian Toponogov theorem and Alexandrov convexity property.
New curvature bounds defined for Lorentzian spaces.
problem Establishing equivalence of different curvature definitions for Lorentzian spaces.
method Introducing new curvature concepts based on convexity/concavity and four-point conditions.
result Equivalence of causal and timelike curvature bounds.
Splitting theorem for non-positively curved Lorentzian spaces.
problem Understanding curvature in Lorentzian spaces.
method Proving a splitting theorem with global non-positive timelike curvature and extending first variation formula.
result Splitting theorem for Lorentzian pre-length spaces with global non-positive timelike curvature.
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.
We prove that any 4-dimensional geodesically complete spacetime with a timelike Killing field satisfying the vacuum Einstein field equation Ric(gM)=λgM with nonnegative cosmological constant λ≥0 is flat. When dim ≥5, if the spacetime is assumed to be static additionally, we prove that its universal …