Convexity and the finiteness of the number of geodesics. Applications to the multiple-image effect

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 731-748

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0033239516     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/16/3/008     Document Type: Article

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