Proper Time Foliations of Lorentz Manifolds

Abstract

Some standard definitions and results concerning foliations of dimension one and codimension one are introduced. A proper time foliation of Minkowski space is defined and contrasted with the foliation that is defined by the time coordinate. The extent to which a Lorentz structure on a manifold defines foliations, and the issues concerning the extension of the proper time foliation of Minkowski space to a Lorentz manifold are discussed, such as proper time sections of a geodesic flow.

27 pages, 3 figures

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