Counting closed geodesics in a compact rank-one locally CAT(0) space

Let X be a compact, geodesically complete, locally CAT(0) space such that the universal cover admits a rank-one axis. Assume X is not homothetic to a metric graph with integer edge lengths. Let $P_t$ be the number of parallel classes of oriented closed geodesics of length at most t; then $\lim \nolimits _{t \to \infty } P_t / ({e^{ht}}/{ht}) = 1$ , where h is the entropy of the geodesic flow on the space $GX$ of parametrized unit-speed geodesics in X.

Regular black hole interior spacetime supported by three-form field

In this paper, we show that a minimally coupled 3-form endowed with a proper potential can support a regular black hole interior. By choosing an appropriate form for the metric function representing the radius of the 2-sphere, we solve for the 3-form field and its potential. Using the obtained solution, we construct an interior black hole spacetime which is everywhere regular. The singularity is replaced with a Nariai-type spacetime, whose topology is $$\text {dS}_2 \times \text {S}^2$$ dS 2 × S 2 , in which the radius of the 2-sphere is constant. So long as the interior continues to expand indefinitely, the geometry becomes essentially compactified. The 2-dimensional de Sitter geometry appears despite the negative potential of the 3-form field. Such a dynamical compactification could shed some light on the origin of de Sitter geometry of our Universe, exacerbated by the Swampland conjecture. In addition, we show that the spacetime is geodesically complete. The geometry is singularity-free due to the violation of the null energy condition.

On the Canonical Foliation of an Indefinite Locally Conformal Kähler Manifold with a Parallel Lee Form

We study the semi-Riemannian geometry of the foliation F of an indefinite locally conformal Kähler (l.c.K.) manifold M, given by the Pfaffian equation ω=0, provided that ∇ω=0 and c=∥ω∥≠0 (ω is the Lee form of M). If M is conformally flat then every leaf of F is shown to be a totally geodesic semi-Riemannian hypersurface in M, and a semi-Riemannian space form of sectional curvature c/4, carrying an indefinite c-Sasakian structure. As a corollary of the result together with a semi-Riemannian version of the de Rham decomposition theorem any geodesically complete, conformally flat, indefinite Vaisman manifold of index 2s, 0<s<n, is locally biholomorphically homothetic to an indefinite complex Hopf manifold CHsn(λ), 0<λ<1, equipped with the indefinite Boothby metric gs,n.

The generic sudden singularity in Brans–Dicke theory

We construct a formal asymptotic series expansion for a general solution of the Brans–Dicke equations with a fluid source near a sudden singularity. This solution contains 11 independent arbitrary functions of the spatial coordinates as required by the Cauchy problem of the theory. We show that the solution is geodesically complete and has the character of a shock wave in the sudden asymptotic region. This solution is weak in the senses of Tipler and Krolak as in the corresponding case of general relativity.

Geodesic completeness of the left-invariant metrics on ℝ H n

UDC 514 We give the full classification of left-invariant metrics of an arbitrary signature on the Lie group corresponding to the real hyperbolic space. We show that all metrics have constant sectional curvature and that they are geodesically complete only in the Riemannian case.

A rank rigidity result for CAT(0) spaces with one-dimensional Tits boundaries

We prove the following rank rigidity result for proper {\operatorname{CAT}(0)} spaces with one-dimensional Tits boundaries: Let Γ be a group acting properly discontinuously, cocompactly, and by isometries on such a space X. If the Tits diameter of {\partial X} equals π and Γ does not act minimally on {\partial X}, then {\partial X} is a spherical building or a spherical join. If X is also geodesically complete, then X is a Euclidean building, higher rank symmetric space, or a nontrivial product. Much of the proof, which involves finding a Tits-closed convex building-like subset of {\partial X}, does not require the Tits diameter to be π, and we give an alternate condition that guarantees rigidity when this hypothesis is removed, which is that a certain invariant of the group action be even.