Geodesic connectedness and conjugate points in GRW space-times

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 285-314

  Flores, José Luis ^a   Sánchez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

53C22; 53C50; 83C15; Conjugate points; Differential geometry, General relativity; Geodesic connectedness; Space times

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000199868     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(00)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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