Cauchy hypersurface

ID: cauchy-hypersurface

Cauchy hypersurface by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Cauchy hypersurface is an achronal hypersurface met exactly once by every inextendible timelike curve. Its topology records the global spatial topology of a globally hyperbolic spacetime.

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