On the global evolution problem in 2 + 1 gravity

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 191-205

  Andersson, Lars ^a   Moncrief, Vincent ^b   Tromba, Anthony J ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliations; Lorentzian manifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031280684     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0393-0440(97)87804-7     Document Type: Article

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