A note on the Morse index theorem for geodesics between submanifolds in semi-Riemannian geometry
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Publication:4498500
DOI10.1063/1.533113zbMath0982.53037arXivmath/9905136WikidataQ115328205 ScholiaQ115328205MaRDI QIDQ4498500
Paolo Piccione, Daniel V. Tausk
Publication date: 16 August 2000
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9905136
58E05: Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces
53C22: Geodesics in global differential geometry
53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics
53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching
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