A variational theory for light rays in stably causal Lorentzian manifolds: Regularity and multiplicity results

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-415

  Giannoni, Fabio ^a   Masiello, Antonio ^a   Piccione, Paolo ^a  

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EID: 0031480004     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050141     Document Type: Article

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