Volume Comparison Theorems for Lorentzian Manifolds

Geometriae Dedicata

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-56

  Ehrlich, Paul E ^a   Jung, Yoon Tae ^b   Kim, Seon Bu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geodesic wedges; Raychaudhuri equation; Riccati equation; Volume comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001776694     PISSN: 00465755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005096913126     Document Type: Article

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