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arxiv: 0810.5091 · v3 · submitted 2008-10-28 · 🧮 math.SG · gr-qc· math-ph· math.GT· math.MP

Legendrian links, causality, and the Low conjecture

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keywords legendrianmathfrakconjecturecauchycausallydiffeomorphiceventsgeodesics
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Let $(X^{m+1}, g)$ be a globally hyperbolic spacetime with Cauchy surface diffeomorphic to an open subset of $\mathbb R^m$. The Legendrian Low conjecture formulated by Nat\'ario and Tod says that two events $x,y\in\ss$ are causally related if and only if the Legendrian link of spheres $\mathfrak S_x, \mathfrak S_y$ whose points are light geodesics passing through $x$ and $y$ is non-trivial in the contact manifold of all light geodesics in $X$. The Low conjecture says that for $m=2$ the events $x,y$ are causally related if and only if $\mathfrak S_x, \mathfrak S_y$ is non-trivial as a topological link. We prove the Low and the Legendrian Low conjectures. We also show that similar statements hold for any globally hyperbolic $(X^{m+1}, g)$ such that a cover of its Cauchy surface is diffeomorphic to an open domain in $\mathbb R^m.$

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