Notes on the Jacobi equation

DOI10.1016/j.difgeo.2008.10.012zbMath1162.53314arXiv0708.2651OpenAlexW2963959764WikidataQ115357385 ScholiaQ115357385MaRDI QIDQ1012350

Alexander Lytchak

Publication date: 16 April 2009

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2651

zbMATH Keywords

conjugate pointsJacobi fieldsindexfocal points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Oscillation theory, zeros, disconjugacy and comparison theory for ordinary differential equations (34C10) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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