A Morse theory for geodesics on a Lorentz manifold

DOI10.1016/0040-9383(75)90037-3zbMath0323.58010OpenAlexW2063136992WikidataQ56866673 ScholiaQ56866673MaRDI QIDQ1224354

Publication date: 1975

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-9383(75)90037-3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

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