Infinite dimensional Morse theory and Fermat’s principle in general relativity. I

DOI10.1063/1.531198zbMath0854.58014OpenAlexW2031900677MaRDI QIDQ4873415

Volker Perlick

Publication date: 22 January 1997

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.531198

zbMATH Keywords

variational problemgeneral relativityinfinite dimensional Morse theoryFermat's principlegravitational lens effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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