Lorentzian warped-product timelike curvature-dimension conjecture

Let II be an interval, let FF be a non-branching metric-measure space with metric dFd_F and measure mF\operatorname{m}_F, and let ff be the warping function in the Lorentzian NN-warped product of I-I, FF, and ff. Define

KF=supI(Kf2(f)2).K_F=\sup_I\bigl(Kf^2-(f')^2\bigr).

Lorentzian warped-product timelike curvature-dimension conjecture. If fKf0f”-Kf\leq0 and (F,dF,mF)(F,d_F,\operatorname{m}_F) is non-branching and satisfies CD(KF(N1),N)\mathsf{CD}(K_F(N-1),N), then the NN-warped product of I-I, FF, and ff satisfies TCD(KN,N+1)T\mathsf{CD}(-KN,N+1). This is presented as a general conjecture following a theorem for TMCPT\mathsf{MCP}; no resolution is given.

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Christian Ketterer, “Warped products and synthetic lower curvature bounds: an overview”, arXiv:2503.05521 (2025).

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