The eikonal equation, envelopes and contact transformations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/14/309zbMATH Open1039.83009OpenAlexW2125502777MaRDI QIDQ4457670FDOQ4457670

Authors: Simonetta Frittelli, Niky Kamran, Ezra T. Newman 

Publication date: 25 March 2004

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/20/14/309

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zbMATH Keywords

ordinary differential equationsconformal Lorentzian metricgeneralized-Wünschmann invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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• NULL SURFACES AND CONTACT GEOMETRY
• Eikonal equations in metric spaces

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