Applications of singularity theory to gravitational lensing. I. Multiple lens planes

DOI10.1063/1.530321zbMath0783.58093MaRDI QIDQ4276726

Joachim Wambsganss, Arlie O. Petters, Harold I. Levine

Publication date: 20 March 1994

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.530321

zbMATH Keywords

singularity theory; stable multiple plane gravitational lens systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58Z05: Applications of global analysis to the sciences

58K99: Theory of singularities and catastrophe theory

58C25: Differentiable maps on manifolds

85A04: General questions in astronomy and astrophysics

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• Arnold’s singularity theory and gravitational lensing
• A gravitational lens produces an odd number of images
• Stable maps: An introduction with low dimensional examples
• Mappings of Manifolds into the Plane