Statistical Lorentzian geometry and the closeness of Lorentzian manifolds

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 6944-6958

  Bombelli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 0034345385     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1288494     Document Type: Article

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