A Lorentzian manifold with a one-parameter group of homotheties which has a closed isotropic orbit (Q910027)
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A Lorentzian manifold with a one-parameter group of homotheties which has a closed isotropic orbit (English)
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1989
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Five new necessary conditions are obtained for a manifold \(^{n-1}V_ n\) with a homothetic group and without a stable point to admit a closed isotropic curve. This is an expansion of the result by \textit{D. Alekseevskij} [Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 3, 59-84 (1985; Zbl 0538.53060)].
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causality
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homotheties
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isotropic curve
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