Applications of singularity theory to gravitational lensing. I. Multiple lens planes

DOI10.1063/1.530321zbMath0783.58093OpenAlexW1968462790MaRDI QIDQ4276726

Joachim Wambsganss, Arlie O. Petters, Harold I. Levine

Publication date: 20 March 1994

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.530321

zbMATH Keywords

singularity theorystable multiple plane gravitational lens systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Theory of singularities and catastrophe theory (58K99) Differentiable maps on manifolds (58C25) General questions in astronomy and astrophysics (85A04)

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Cites Work

• Arnold’s singularity theory and gravitational lensing
• A gravitational lens produces an odd number of images
• Stable maps: An introduction with low dimensional examples
• Mappings of Manifolds into the Plane

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