Domain of Dependence
- 1 February 1970
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 11 (2), 437-449
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1665157
Abstract
The various properties of the domain of dependence (Cauchy development) which have been found particularly useful in the study of gravitational fields are reviewed. The basic techniques for constructing proofs and counterexamples are described. A new tool—the past and future volume functions—for treating certain global properties of space‐times is introduced. These functions are used to establish two new theorems: (1) a necessary and sufficient condition that a space‐time have a Cauchy surface is that it be globally hyperbolic; and (2) the existence of a Cauchy surface is a stable property of space‐times.Keywords
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