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Minkowski space-time is locally extendible

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An example of a real analytic local extension of Minkowski space-time is given in this note. This local extension is not across points of theb-boundary since Minkowski space-time has an emptyb-boundary. Furthermore, this local extension is not across points of the causal boundary. The example indicates that the concept of local inextendibility may be less useful than originally envisioned.

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    John K. Beem

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Communicated by R. Geroch

Partially supported by a grant from the Research Council of the Graduate School of the University of Missouri-Columbia

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Beem, J.K. Minkowski space-time is locally extendible. Commun.Math. Phys. 72, 273–275 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197551

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