An acceleration condition for b-incomplete timelike curves
1981 ◽
Vol 90
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pp. 191-193
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AbstractThe b-completion of a smooth manifold with linear connection was introduced by Schmidt (6). He pointed out that, in a spacetime, an inextensible timelike curve of finite proper length and bounded acceleration has an endpoint on the b-boundary. However, it is not clear in what sense boundedness was meant. Geroch(1) suggested that any acceptable method of completing a spacetime should have this property with boundedness interpreted through the Lorentz norm. This result for the b-completion was given by Rosso(4), based on his earlier paper (3), which, however, contains some arguments that we do not accept. We give another proof of the result and improve it by weakening the condition of boundedness of the acceleration.
2011 ◽
Vol 57
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pp. 409-416
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Vol 12
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Vol 25
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pp. 31-39
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2003 ◽
Vol 2003
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pp. 3479-3501
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