An intrinsic Fermat principle on stationary Lorentzian manifolds and applications.

DOI10.1016/S0926-2245(02)00069-4zbMATH Open1034.58010OpenAlexW2068766629WikidataQ115338197 ScholiaQ115338197MaRDI QIDQ1608975FDOQ1608975

Authors: Erasmo Caponio 

Publication date: 14 August 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0926-2245(02)00069-4

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zbMATH Keywords

critical point theoryLorentzian manifoldKilling fieldFermat principlelight rays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) 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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