2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199815A complete and systematic approach to compute the causal boundary of wave-type spacetimes is carried out. The case of a 1-dimensional boundary is specially analyzed and its critical appearance in pp-wave type spacetimes is emphasized. In particular, the corresponding results obtained in the framework of the AdS/CFT correspondence for holography on the boundary, are reinterpreted and very widely generalized. Technically, a recent new definition of causal boundary is used and stressed. Moreover, a set of mathematical tools is introduced (analytical functional approach, Sturm-Liouville theory, Fermat-type arrival time, Busemann-type functions).41 pages, 1 table. Included 4 new figures, and some small modifications. To appear in JHEPGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyHigh Energy Physics - TheoryMathematical PhysicsThe causal boundary of wave-type spacetimestext