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On a variational theory of light rays on Lorentzian manifolds (English)
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27 October 1996
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The authors apply Morse theory to a general relativistic version of Fermat's principle. Thereby they find existence and multiplicity results for lightlike geodesics joining a point to a timelike curve in a Lorentzian manifold that satisfies certain causality conditions. The reviewer has the impression that, unless in the two-dimensional case, these causality conditions are equivalent to global hyperbolicity.
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Morse theory
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Fermat's principle
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causality conditions
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