Aspects of noncommutative lorentzian geometry for globally hyperbolic spacetimes

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1171-1217

  Moretti, Valter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica F Severi   (Italy)

^c INFN TIFPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

C* algebra; Globally hyperbolic spacetime; Lorentzian distance; Noncommutative geometry; World function

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642349946     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X03001886     Document Type: Article

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