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Causal curve

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics General relativity Causal hierarchy
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A causal curve has an everywhere nonspacelike tangent of consistent time orientation; its smooth segments are timelike or null. More generally, curves with local Lipschitz continuity and future causal tangent almost everywhere are allowed. The causal future and causal past are defined by reachability along these curves.

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