The cosmological time functions and lightlike rays

2020 
It is proved that all discontinuity points of a finite cosmological time function, $\tau$, are on past lightlike rays. As a result, it is proved that if $(M,g)$ is a chronological space-time without past lightlike rays then there is a representation of $g$ such that its cosmological time function is regular. In addition, by reducing conditions of regularity sufficient conditions for causal simplicity and causal pseudoconvexity of space-time is given. It is also proved that the second condition of regularity can be reduced to satisfies only on inextendible past-directed causal rays if $(M,g)$ be a space-time, conformal with an open subspace of Minkowski space-time or $\tau$ be continuous.
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