Some properties of the spectral flow in semiriemannian geometry

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 267-280

  Benci, Vieri ^b   Giannoni, Fabio ^b   Masiello, Antonio ^a  

^a Dipt Interateneo di Matematica   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Semiriemannian geometry; Variational calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032164167     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(97)00083-1     Document Type: Article

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