Malament-Hogarth

Malament-Hogarth spacetimes are spacetimes defined by causal properties, usually in the context of the studies of supertasks (performing an infinite number of tasks in a finite time). They're defined by the presence of a timelike half-curve $\gamma_1$ and a timelike curve $\gamma_2$ going from a point $q$ to a point $p$ such that \begin{eqnarray} \int_{\gamma_1} d\tau &=& \infty\nonumber\\ \int_{\gamma_2} d\tau &<& \infty\nonumber \end{eqnarray} And $\gamma_1 \subset I^-(p)$.

1. History

2. Topology

3. Metrics and coordinates

4. Tensor quantities

5. Symmetries

6. Stress-energy tensor

7. Curves

8. Equations

9. Causal structure

By a theorem of X, Malament-Hogarth spacetimes cannot be globally hyperbolic, although they may be stably causal (Anti de Sitter space is an example of a M-H spacetime).

10. Asymptotic structure

11. Energy conditions

12. Limits and related spacetimes

13. Misc.

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