Geodesic connectedness and conjugate points in GRW space-times

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(00)00027-9zbMath0979.53043arXivmath/0003037OpenAlexW2125277033MaRDI QIDQ1840567

Miguel Sánchez, José Luis Flores

Publication date: 26 February 2002

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0003037

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsconjugate pointsgeodesic connectednessRobertson-Walker space-timecausal character

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15)

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