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arxiv: 2401.03949 · v2 · pith:5WZ2HHEOnew · submitted 2024-01-08 · 🧮 math.MG · math-ph· math.DG· math.MP

A sharp isoperimetric-type inequality for Lorentzian spaces satisfying timelike Ricci lower bounds

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The paper establishes a sharp and rigid isoperimetric-type inequality in Lorentzian signature under the assumption of Ricci curvature bounded below in the timelike directions. The inequality is proved in the high generality of Lorentzian pre-length spaces satisfying timelike Ricci lower bounds in a synthetic sense via optimal transport, the so-called $\mathsf{TCD}^e_p(K,N)$ spaces. The results are new already for smooth Lorentzian manifolds. Applications include an upper bound on the area of achronal hypersurfaces inside the interior of a black hole (original already in Schwarzschild) and an upper bound on the area of achronal hypersurfaces in cosmological spacetimes.

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