K-causality and degenerate spacetimes

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4377-4396

  Dowker, H F ^a   Garcia, R S ^b   Surya, S ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 0034342768     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/17/21/303     Document Type: Article

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