The brachistochrone problem in a stationary space-time

DOI10.1063/1.529472MaRDI QIDQ3987409zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Volker Perlick

Publication date 28 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529472

zbMATH Keywords

brachistochrone problemstationary space-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50)

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