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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)
  • Received : 2011.09.20
  • Published : 2013.03.31
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Abstract

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

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