A gravitational lens produces an odd number of images
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Publication:3685636
DOI10.1063/1.526923zbMath0569.53043OpenAlexW2029794041WikidataQ56866672 ScholiaQ56866672MaRDI QIDQ3685636
Publication date: 1985
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.526923
Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) General relativity (83C99) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)
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