On the uniqueness problem for spacetime extensions

Jan Sbierski (U of Edinburgh)

Mar 17. 2023, 14:45 — 15:30

This talk discusses the problem under what conditions two extensions of a Lorentzian manifold have to be the same at the boundary. After making precise the notion of two extensions agreeing at the boundary, we recall a classical example that shows that even under the assumption of analyticity of the extensions, uniqueness at the boundary is in general false — in stark contrast to the extension problem for functions on Euclidean space. We proceed by presenting a recent result that gives a necessary condition for two extensions with at least Lipschitz continuous metrics to agree at the boundary. Furthermore, we discuss the relation to a previous result by Chruściel and demonstrate a new non-uniqueness mechanism for extensions below Lipschitz regularity.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Recordings:
Recording
Associated Event:
Non-regular Spacetime Geometry (Workshop)
Organizer(s):
Piotr T. Chruściel (U of Vienna)
Melanie Graf (U Hamburg)
Michael Kunzinger (U of Vienna)
Ettore Minguzzi (U Florence)
Roland Steinbauer (U of Vienna)