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On the causal structure of Lorentzian Lie groups

A globality theorem for Lorentzian cones in certain solvable Lie algebras

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Mittenhuber, D. On the causal structure of Lorentzian Lie groups. Math. Ann. 305, 343–353 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01444225

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