Representative-independence conjecture for the causal hypersurface condition

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Let (M,g)(\mathcal M,g) be a generalized space-time with a symmetric representative (gε)ε(g_\varepsilon)_\varepsilon, and let Σ\Sigma be a past-compact space-like hypersurface. For sufficiently small ε\varepsilon, write Jε+(Σ)J_\varepsilon^+(\Sigma) for the topological closure in the relevant open set of the future emission of Σ\Sigma with respect to gεg_\varepsilon. Representative-independence conjecture. If, for one symmetric representative, Σ\Sigma satisfies

∂Jε+(Σ)=Σ\partial J_\varepsilon^+(\Sigma)=\Sigma

for sufficiently small ε\varepsilon, then it satisfies the corresponding condition for every symmetric representative of gg.

The condition is used to ensure existence of smooth representative-level solutions to the wave equation. The source proposes invariance under changing the symmetric representative but gives no resolution.

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Eberhard Mayerhofer, “The wave equation on static singular space-times”, arXiv:0802.1616 (2008).

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