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ON NULL CUT POINTS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPACETIMES

  • Kim, Do-Hyung (Department of Applied Mathematics College of Advanced Science Dankook University) ;
  • Kim, Byung Hak (Department of Applied Mathematics College of Applied Science Kyung Hee University)
  • 투고 : 2011.09.20
  • 발행 : 2013.03.31

초록

It is shown that any two-dimensional globally hyperbolic spacetime with noncompact Cauchy surfaces has no null cut points.

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