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Topology and singularities in cosmological spacetimes obeying the null energy condition

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arxiv 1705.06705 v2 pith:YMHGNRS7 submitted 2017-05-18 gr-qc math.DG

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We consider globally hyperbolic spacetimes with compact Cauchy surfaces in a setting compatible with the presence of a positive cosmological constant. More specifically, for 3+1 dimensional spacetimes which satisfy the null energy condition and contain a future expanding compact Cauchy surface, we establish a precise connection between the topology of the Cauchy surfaces and the occurrence of past singularities. In addition to (a refinement of) the Penrose singularity theorem, the proof makes use of some recent advances in the topology of 3-manifolds and of certain fundamental existence results for minimal surfaces.

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    A Bianchi-I spacetime obeying the null energy condition and expanding in all directions at one time must have past-incomplete null geodesics.

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