Dynamical properties of the space of Lorentzian metrics

Details Dynamical properties of the space of Lorentzian metrics Dynamical properties of the space of Lorentzian metrics

2001-10-08

arxiv.org/abs/math/0110082v3

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

19 pages, Latex file, new introduction, to be published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

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We study the mechanisms of the non properness of the action of the group of diffeomorphisms on the space of Lorentzian metrics of a compact manifold. In particular, we prove that nonproperness entails the presence of lightlike geodesic foliations of codimension 1. On the 2-torus, we prove that a metric with constant curvature along one of its lightlike foliation is actually flat. This allows us to show that the restriction of the action to the set of non-flat metrics is proper and that on the set of flat metrics of volume 1 the action is ergodic. Finally, we show that, contrarily to the Riemannian case, the space of metrics without isometries is not always open.

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