Existence of Closed Timelike Geodesics in Lorentz Spaces

DOI10.2307/2042933zbMath0387.53024OpenAlexW4233715451WikidataQ124952681 ScholiaQ124952681MaRDI QIDQ4169390

Frank J. Tipler

Publication date: 1979

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2042933

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compactness (54D30) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global submanifolds (53C40) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Local submanifolds (53B25) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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