Shortening null geodesics in Lorentzian manifolds. Applications to closed light rays

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(97)00020-XzbMATH Open0901.58010WikidataQ115337532 ScholiaQ115337532MaRDI QIDQ1385071FDOQ1385071

Authors: Antonio Masiello, Paolo Piccione 

Publication date: 29 July 1998

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian manifoldsconvex setsSchwarzschild spacetimelight rays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

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