On the geodesical connectedness for a class of Semi-Riemannian manifolds

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 444-476

  Giannoni, Fabio ^a   Piccione, Paolo ^b   Sampalmieri, Rosella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geodesics; Ljusternik Schnirelman theory; Palais Smale condition; Semi Riemannian geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034391501     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.2000.7103     Document Type: Article

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