On conjugate and focal points in semi-Riemannian geometry

DOI10.1007/BF01162874zbMATH Open0658.53059WikidataQ115393978 ScholiaQ115393978MaRDI QIDQ1111175FDOQ1111175

Authors: Demir N. Kupeli 

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/173944

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zbMATH Keywords

comparison theoremsconjugate pointgeodesicsemi-Riemannian manifoldsfocal pointsRaychaudhuri equationMyer's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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