A gravitational lens produces an odd number of images

DOI10.1063/1.526923zbMath0569.53043OpenAlexW2029794041WikidataQ56866672 ScholiaQ56866672MaRDI QIDQ3685636

R. H. McKenzie

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.526923

zbMATH Keywords

null geodesicsglobally hyperbolic space-timegravitational lens

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) General relativity (83C99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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Cites Work

• A Morse theory for geodesics on a Lorentz manifold
• Morse theory on Hilbert manifolds
• Homologie singulière des espaces fibrés. Applications

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