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Causal boundary for stably causal spacetimes

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An explicit identification rule is defined for stably causal spacetimes on the set of the ideal points of the spacetime. In addition, the properties of the extended Alexandrov topology are examined.

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Rácz, I. Causal boundary for stably causal spacetimes. Gen Relat Gravit 20, 893–904 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00760089

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