A generalized index theorem for Morse-Sturm systems and applications to semi-Riemannian geometry

DOI10.4310/AJM.2001.V5.N3.A3zbMath1009.58013arXivmath/9908056OpenAlexW2963349644WikidataQ115206269 ScholiaQ115206269MaRDI QIDQ700507

Antonio Masiello, Fabio Giannoni, Paolo Piccione, Daniel V. Tausk

Publication date: 22 October 2002

Published in: The Asian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9908056

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentzian manifoldMaslov indexindex theoremMorse index theoremLorentzian geodesicsMorse-Sturm systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

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