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Timelike completeness as an obstruction to $\textit{C}$$^{0}$-Extensions

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Sbierski, JJ 
Galloway, GJ 
Ling, E 

Abstract

The study of low regularity (in-)extendibility of Lorentzian manifolds is motivated by the question whether a given solution to the Einstein equations can be extended (or is maximal) as a weak solution. In this paper we show that a timelike complete and globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold is C0- inextendible. For the proof we make use of the result, recently established by S ̈amann [17], that even for continuous Lorentzian manifolds that are globally hyperbolic, there exists a length-maximizing causal curve between any two causally related points.

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4902 Mathematical Physics, 4904 Pure Mathematics, 49 Mathematical Sciences

Journal Title

Communications in Mathematical Physics

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0010-3616
1432-0916

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Springer Nature
Sponsorship
Jan Sbierski would like to thank Magdalene College, Cambridge, for their financial support and the University of Miami for hospitality during a visit when this project was started.