Lorentzian worldlines and the Schwarzian derivative

DOI10.1007/BF02482428zbMath0962.53043arXivmath/9809062MaRDI QIDQ1580170

Christian Duval, Valentin Ovsienko

Publication date: 22 February 2001

Published in: Functional Analysis and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9809062

zbMATH Keywords

Schwarzian derivative; constant curvature; Lorentz metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics

53B30: Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics

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