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横截签名类型变换半黎曼流形的变换定理

A Transformation Theorem for Transverse Signature-Type Changing Semi-Riemannian Manifolds

Institute for Physics and Astronomy, Technical University Berlin(柏林工业大学物理与天文研究所);Wilhelm Foerster Observatory Berlin(柏林威廉福斯特天文台);Department of Mathematics, University of Zurich(苏黎世大学数学系);Mathematics Department, Yale University(耶鲁大学数学系)

W. Hasse, N. E. Rieger

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本文研究了横截签名类型变换半黎曼流形的变换方法,提出变换定理并证明了其全局版本,展示了诱导度量的性质。

摘要:

在上世纪八十年代,Hartle和Hawking提出签名类型变化可能具有概念上的趣味性,为宇宙初始条件的'无边界'提案铺平了道路。在数学上,我们处理的是签名类型变化的流形,其中黎曼区域(即正定度量的区域)平滑地连接到洛伦兹区域,在过渡表面时间开始。我们提出了一种变换程序,将任意洛伦兹流形转换为奇异的签名类型变化流形。然后我们建立了变换定理,断言在某些条件下,这样的度量$(M,\tilde{g})$可以通过上述变换程序从某些洛伦兹度量$g$得到。通过增加某些约束条件,可以证明变换定理的全局版本。最后,我们利用变换程序证明诱导度量在签名变化超曲面上的性质是黎曼或正半定伪度量。

英文摘要:

In the early eighties Hartle and Hawking put forth that signature-type change may be conceptually interesting, paving the way to the so-called 'no boundary' proposal for the initial conditions for the universe. Such singularity-free universes have no beginning, but they do have an origin of time. In mathematical terms, we are dealing with signature-type changing manifolds where a Riemannian region (i.e., a region with a positive definite metric) is smoothly joined to a Lorentzian region at the surface of transition where time begins. We present a transformation prescription to transform an arbitrary Lorentzian manifold into a singular signature-type changing manifold. Then we establish the Transformation Theorem, asserting that, conversely, under certain conditions, such a metric $(M,\tilde{g})$ can be obtained from some Lorentz metric $g$ through the aforementioned transformation procedure. By augmenting the assumption by certain constraints, mutatis mutandis, the global version of the Transformation Theorem can be proven as well. In conclusion, we make use of the Transformation Prescription to demonstrate that the induced metric on the hypersurface of signature change is either Riemannian or a positive semi-definite pseudo metric.

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