Spacetime topology from causality

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We prove that a globally hyperbolic spacetime with its causality relation is a bicontinuous poset whose interval topology is the manifold topology. This provides an abstract mathematical setting in which one can study causality independent of geometry and differentiable structure.
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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/34997

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https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0407093
 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0407093

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