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Lorentzian metric spaces and GH-convergence: the unbounded case

A. Bykov·E. Minguzzi·S. Suhr
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We introduce a notion of Lorentzian metric space which drops the boundedness condition from our previous work and argue that the properties defining our spaces are minimal. In fact, they are defined by three conditions given by (a) the reverse triangle inequality for chronologically related events, (b) Lorentzian distance continuity and relative compactness of chronological diamonds, and (c) a distinguishing condition via the Lorentzian distance function. By adding a countably generating condition we confirm the validity of desirable properties for our spaces including the Polish property. The definition of (pre)length space given in our previous work on the bounded case is generalized to this setting. We also define a notion of Gromov-Hausdorff convergence for Lorentzian metric spaces and prove that (pre)length spaces are GH-stable. It is also shown that our (sequenced) Lorentzian metric spaces bring a natural quasi-uniformity (resp. quasi-metric). Finally, an explicit comparison with other recent constructions based on our previous work on bounded Lorentzian metric spaces is presented.

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A. Bykov, E. Minguzzi, S. Suhr. 2025-05-11. Lorentzian metric spaces and GH-convergence: the unbounded case. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04311

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