Gravitational lensing from a spacetime perspective

DOI10.12942/lrr-2004-9zbMath1071.83009arXiv1010.3416OpenAlexW2038915951WikidataQ39127351 ScholiaQ39127351MaRDI QIDQ1779164

Volker Perlick

Publication date: 31 May 2005

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.3416

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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