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

DOI10.4310/AJM.2001.v5.n3.a3zbMath1009.58013arXivmath/9908056WikidataQ115206269 ScholiaQ115206269MaRDI QIDQ700507

Fabio Giannoni, Antonio Masiello, 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 manifold; Maslov index; index theorem; Morse index theorem; Lorentzian geodesics; Morse-Sturm systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

34B15: Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

58J20: Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds

53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics

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