We make use of the universal connection on the bundle of principal connections; the bundle structure is governed by the action of the group on the first jet bundle. Each section determines a connection in the principal bundle, which in the case of the frame bundle allows a metric completion projecting onto the corresponding b-completion. It is shown that b-incompleteness of the base manifold is stable under perturbations of the chosen section. Hence, for instance, for (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds including spacetimes, b-incompleteness is a stable condition under conformal deformations of the metric. This reinforces the belief that general relativistic singularities cannot be removed by quantization.

On the bundle of principal connections and the stability of b-incompleteness of manifolds / D. CANARUTTO; C. DODSON. - In: MATHEMATICAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0305-0041. - STAMPA. - 98:(1985), pp. 51-59. [10.1017/S0305004100063234]

On the bundle of principal connections and the stability of b-incompleteness of manifolds

CANARUTTO, DANIEL;
1985

Abstract

We make use of the universal connection on the bundle of principal connections; the bundle structure is governed by the action of the group on the first jet bundle. Each section determines a connection in the principal bundle, which in the case of the frame bundle allows a metric completion projecting onto the corresponding b-completion. It is shown that b-incompleteness of the base manifold is stable under perturbations of the chosen section. Hence, for instance, for (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds including spacetimes, b-incompleteness is a stable condition under conformal deformations of the metric. This reinforces the belief that general relativistic singularities cannot be removed by quantization.
1985
98
51
59
D. CANARUTTO; C. DODSON
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