Mathematical implications of Einstein-Weyl causality /

Mathematical implications of Einstein-Weyl causality /

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Author / Creator:	Borchers, Hans-Jürgen, 1926-
Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 709 Lecture notes in physics ; 709.
Subject:	Causality (Physics) Causality (Physics)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11065909

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Other authors / contributors:	Sen, Rathindra Nath.
ISBN:	3540376801 9783540376804 9783540376811 354037681X 364207233X 9783642072338
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary:	"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."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Borchers, Hans-Jürgen, 1926- Mathematical implications of Einstein-Weyl causality. Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2006 3540376801 9783540376804

Table of Contents:

Introduction.
Geometrical Structures on Space-Time.
Light Rays and Light Cones.
Local Structure and Topology.
Homogeneity Properties.
Order and Uniformizability.
Spaces With Complete Light Rays.
Consequences of Order Completeness.
The Cushion Problem.
Related Works.
Concluding Remarks.