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A method is presented for imputing a topology for any chronological set, i.e., a set with a chronology relation, such as a spacetime or a spacetime with some sort of boundary. This topology is shown to have several good properties, such as replicating the manifold topology for a spacetime and replicating the expected topology for some simple examples of spacetime-with-boundary; it also allows for a complete categorical characterization, in topological categories, of the Future Causal Boundary construction of Geroch, Kronheimer, and Penrose, showing that construction to have a universal property for future-completing chronological sets with spacelike boundaries. Rigidity results are given for any reasonable future completion of a spacetime, in terms of the GKP boundary: In the imputed topology, any such boundary must be homeomorphic to the GKP boundary (if all points have indecomposable pasts) or to a topological quotient of a closely related boundary (if boundaries are spacelike). A large class of warped-product-type spacetimes with spacelike boundaries is examined, calculating the GKP and other possible boundaries, and showing that the imputed topology gives expected results; included among these are the Schwarzschild singularity and those Robertson-Walker singularities which are spacelike.
56 pages, AMS-TeX; 1 page of figure captions (TeX); 22 figures, EPS format; to be published in Quantum Class. Grav.; principal reason for replacement is to have the figures included (also, introduction is expanded slightly, and one example is simplified)
chronological set, causal boundary construction, topology, Black holes, Robertson-Walker singularities, General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds, FOS: Physical sciences, Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Schwarzschild singularity, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Relativistic cosmology
chronological set, causal boundary construction, topology, Black holes, Robertson-Walker singularities, General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds, FOS: Physical sciences, Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Schwarzschild singularity, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Relativistic cosmology
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