A variational theory for light rays in convex subsets of stably causal lorentzian manifolds

DOI10.1016/S0362-546X(96)00270-2zbMath0897.53050OpenAlexW1970277945WikidataQ128118227 ScholiaQ128118227MaRDI QIDQ4378424

Paolo Piccione

Publication date: 28 September 1998

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0362-546x(96)00270-2

zbMATH Keywords

Ljusternik-Schnirelman theorygravitational lensingFermat principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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