Mathematical Implications of Einstein-Weyl Causality [electronic resource] / by Hans-Jürgen Borchers, Rathindra Nath Sen.
Material type: TextSeries: Lecture Notes in Physics ; 709Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006Description: XII, 190 p. 37 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540376811Subject(s): Physics | Global differential geometry | Cell aggregation -- Mathematics | Physics | Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics | Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology) | Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory | Differential GeometryAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 530.1 LOC classification: QC19.2-20.85Online resources: Click here to access onlineCurrent library | Home library | Call number | Materials specified | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Geometrical Structures on Space-Time -- Light Rays and Light Cones -- Local Structure and Topology -- Homogeneity Properties -- Ordered Spaces and Complete Uniformizability -- Spaces with Complete Light Rays -- Consequences of Order Completeness -- The Cushion Problem -- Related Works -- Concluding Remarks -- Erratum to: Geometrical Structures on Space-Time -- Erratum to: Light Rays and Light Cones -- Erratum to: Local Structure and Topology -- Erratum to: Ordered Spaces and Complete Uniformizability -- Erratum to: Spaces with Complete Light Rays -- Erratum to: Consequences of Order Completeness -- Erratum.
The present work is the first systematic attempt at answering the following fundamental question: what mathematical structures does Einstein-Weyl causality impose on a point-set that has no other previous structure defined on it? The authors propose an axiomatization of Einstein-Weyl causality (inspired by physics), and investigate the topological and uniform structures that it implies. Their final result is that a causal space is densely embedded in one that is locally a differentiable manifold. The mathematical level required of the reader is that of the graduate student in mathematical physics.
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