On the geometry of Riemannian cubic polynomials

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-135

  Camarinha, M ^a   Silva Leite, F ^a   Crouch, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

53C22; 58E10; Conjugate points; Cubic polynomials; Jacobi fields; Riemannian manifolds; Second variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001480429     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-2245(01)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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