Lightlike periodic trajectories in space-times

DOI10.1007/BF01759385zbMath0869.53038MaRDI QIDQ678135

Anna Maria Candela

Publication date: 2 September 1997

Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

conformally stationary manifoldsFermat principlelightlike trajectories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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