A finite dimensional approach to light rays in general relativity

DOI10.1016/J.NA.2017.11.014MaRDI QIDQ681981zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Roberto Giambò, Fabio Giannoni, Paolo Piccione

Publication date 13 February 2018

Published in Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/11581/404645

zbMATH Keywords

Morse indexrelativistic Fermat principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

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