A spacelike hypersurface can represent “space at an instant” in relativity.
类空超曲面在相对论中可以表示“某一瞬间的空间”。
To set up initial data for Einstein’s equations, physicists often choose a spacelike hypersurface and specify the metric and curvature on it.
为了给爱因斯坦方程设定初始条件,物理学家常选取一个类空超曲面,并在其上给出度量与曲率等数据。