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arxiv: 1801.05505 · v1 · pith:QFE4Z4DFnew · submitted 2018-01-16 · 🧮 math-ph · gr-qc· math.MP

Time functions and K-causality between measures

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Employing the notion of a coupling between measures, drawn from the optimal transport theory, we study the extension of the Sorkin-Woolgar causal relation $K^+$ onto the space $\mathscr{P}(\mathcal{M})$ of Borel probability measures on a given spacetime $\mathcal{M}$. We show that Minguzzi's characterization of $K^+$ in terms of time functions possesses a "measure-theoretic" generalization. Moreover, we prove that the relation $K^+$ extended onto $\mathscr{P}(\mathcal{M})$ retains its property of antisymmetry for $\mathcal{M}$ stably causal.

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