Geodesics in static spacetimes and t -periodic trajectories

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 677-686

  Sánchez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomous Lagrangian systems; Geodesics; Lorentz metrics; Periodic trajectories; Static spacetimes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; VECTORS;

AUTONOMOUS LAGRANGIAN SYSTEMS; BENCI'S THEOREM; GEODESICS; JACOBI METRICS; KILLING VECTORS; LEVI-CIVITA CONNECTION; LORENTZ METRICS; PERIODIC TRAJECTORIES; RIEMANNIAN MANIFOLD; STATIC SPACETIMES;

SET THEORY;

EID: 0033101673     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(97)00683-4     Document Type: Article

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