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Topological Properties and Global Structure of Space-Time (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)
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Topological Properties and Global Structure of Space-Time (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)
Series: NATO ASI Series
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The Ninth Course of the International School of Cosmology and
Gravita tion of the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture
is concerned with "Topological Properties and Global Structure of
Space-Time." We consider this topic to possess great importance.
Our choice has also been influenced by the fact that there are many
quest ions as yet unre solved. Standard general relativity
describes space-time as a four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian
manifold, but it does not prescribe its large-scale structure.
Inorderto attempt answers to some topological questions, such as
whether our universe is open or closed, whether it is orientable,
and whether it is complete or possesses singularities, various
theoretical approaches to global aspects of gravitational physics
are presented here. As topological questions playa role in
non-standard theories as weIl, it will be found that some of the
lectures and seminar talks in this volume adopt the point of view
of standard relativity, whereas others are based on different
theories, such as Kaluza-Klein theories, bimetric theories, and
supergravity. We have found it difficult to organize these papers
into classes, say standard and non-standard theory, or models with
and without singularities. One paper, by R. Reasenberg, is
experimental. Its purpose was to give the theorists present an
inkling of the opportunities, as weIl as the pitfalls, of
experimental research in gravitational physics. Accordingly, we
have arranged all contributions alphabetically, by first-named)
author."
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