A Morse index theorem for null geodesics

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-79-04629-5MaRDI QIDQ1131771zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors John K. Beem, Paul E. Ehrlich

Publication date 1979

Published in Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1215/S0012-7094-79-04629-5

zbMATH Keywords

index theoremnull geodesics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

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(7)

• Line integration of Ricci curvature and conjugate points in Lorentzian and Riemannian manifolds
• On the conjugate locus of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds
• A note on the Morse index theorem for geodesics between submanifolds in semi-Riemannian geometry
• Infinite dimensional Morse theory and Fermat’s principle in general relativity. I
• The Maslov index and some applications to dispersion relations in curved space times
• On the structure of space-time caustics
• A focal index theorem for null geodesics

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