An intrinsic approach to Ljusternik-Schnirelman theory for light rays on Lorentzian manifolds

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Authors Flavia Antonacci, Paolo Piccione

Publication date 26 January 2003

Published in Differential and Integral Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

light-like geodesicLorentzian manifoldspace-like decompositiontime function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

Review text

The authors prove the existence of light-like geodesics joining an event \(p\) with a time-like vertical curve \(\gamma \) of a Lorentzian manifold \(M\) endowed with a universal time function \(T\). Such an existence requires a certain compactness condition. Moreover, a topological condition is stated under which there are multiple light rays joining \(p\) with \(\gamma \). A coordinate-free notation used in the paper allows to extend some previous significant results to the more general situation.

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