Publication:4948709

Publication date: 16 April 2000

Morse theory; Maxwell equations; general relativity; gravitational lensing; ray optics; Morse index theorem; Hamiltonian optics; Fermat principle; Doppler effect isotropic media; general-relativistic spacetimes; light propagation in a plasma; light rays in a uniformly accelerated medium; mathematical theory of light propagation in media; variational principles for light rays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E05: Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces

83C99: General relativity

53C80: Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences

83-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory

78A25: Electromagnetic theory (general)

78-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to optics and electromagnetic theory

78A05: Geometric optics

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