Light rays joining two submanifolds in space-times

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00034-4MaRDI QIDQ1360577zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Anna Maria Candela, Addolorata Salvatore

Publication date 12 February 1998

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

variational methodsgeneral relativitylight raysLyusternik-Schnirelman category

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) General relativity (83C99)

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