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Causal cones, cone preserving transformations and causal structure in special and general relativity

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We present a short review of a geometric and algebraic approach to causal cones and describe cone preserving transformations and their relationship with the causal structure related to special and general relativity. We describe Lie groups, especially matrix Lie groups, homogeneous and symmetric spaces and causal cones and certain implications of these concepts in special and general relativity, related to causal structure and topology of space-time. We compare and contrast the results on causal relations with those in the literature for general space-times and compare these relations with K-causal maps. We also describe causal orientations and their implications for space-time topology and discuss some more topologies on space-time which arise as an application of domain theory.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, St. Francis De Sales College, Nagpur, 440 006, India

    Sujatha Janardhan

  2. Department of Mathematics, R. T. M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, 440 033, India

    R. V. Saraykar

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Janardhan, S., Saraykar, R.V. Causal cones, cone preserving transformations and causal structure in special and general relativity. Gravit. Cosmol. 19, 42–53 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0202289313010052

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