The eikonal equation, envelopes and contact transformations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/14/309MaRDI QIDQ4457670zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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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