Solution

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Since the real conformal factor is nowhere zero, at every point. For any tangent vector,
The sign is unchanged. With metric signature , negative, zero and positive values therefore describe the same timelike vectors, null vectors and spacelike vectors for both metric tensors. In particular the two null cones coincide.
Choose the same time orientation for the two Lorentzian metrics. A future-directed causal curve or timelike curve for one has the same character for the other. Hence the causal future, causal past and chronological future of every point agree:
This is the preservation of causal structure by a smooth, nonvanishing conformal transformation. It does not assert preservation of proper time or of affine parameter lengths.

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