%0 Journal Article %T On smooth Cauchy hypersurfaces and Geroch's splitting theorem %A Antonio N. Bernal %A Miguel S¨˘nchez %J Mathematics %D 2003 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/s00220-003-0982-6 %X Given a globally hyperbolic spacetime $M$, we show the existence of a {\em smooth spacelike} Cauchy hypersurface $S$ and, thus, a global diffeomorphism between $M$ and $\R \times S$. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0306108v2