The Eikonal equation in asymptotically flat space–times

DOI10.1063/1.532705MaRDI QIDQ4701737zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Simonetta Frittelli, Ezra T. Newman, Gilberto Silva-Ortigoza

Publication date 21 November 1999

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.532705

zbMATH Keywords

null surfacesassociated singularitiesnull surface reformulation of general relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic procedures (radiation, news functions, (mathcal{H} )-spaces, etc.) in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C30) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75)

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