Geometry of universal magnification invariants

DOI10.1063/1.3204970MaRDI QIDQ3069170zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marcus C. Werner

Publication date 24 January 2011

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0630

zbMATH Keywords

geometrycosmologydark mattergravitational lenses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Catastrophe theory (58K35)

Abstract: Recent work in gravitational lensing and catastrophe theory has shown that the sum of the signed magnifications of images near folds, cusps and also higher catastrophes is zero. Here, it is discussed how Lefschetz fixed point theory can be used to interpret this result geometrically. It is shown for the generic case as well as for elliptic and hyperbolic umbilics in gravitational lensing.

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