On a variational theory of light rays on Lorentzian manifolds

zbMath0848.53041MaRDI QIDQ1908878

Fabio Giannoni, Antonio Masiello

Publication date: 27 October 1996

Published in: Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Serie IX. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/244145

zbMATH Keywords

Morse theoryFermat's principlecausality conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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