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JasonJo
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Let S be any subset of M, where (M, g_ab) is a spacetime.
Can you guys help me kind of visualize why the boundary of the chronological future of S is an achronal, 3 dimensional embedded manifold?
I am just having a hard time seeing why this is so. I'm picturing a sphere, and then having all the null geodesics emanating from it. The null geodesics form the boundary of the chronological future. Why is this thing achronal? Why is it a submanifold?
Can you guys help me kind of visualize why the boundary of the chronological future of S is an achronal, 3 dimensional embedded manifold?
I am just having a hard time seeing why this is so. I'm picturing a sphere, and then having all the null geodesics emanating from it. The null geodesics form the boundary of the chronological future. Why is this thing achronal? Why is it a submanifold?