Stability of the conjugate index, degenerate conjugate points and the Maslov index in semi-Riemannian geometry

Pacific Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 375-400

  Mercuri, Francesco ^a   Piccione, Paolo ^b   Tausk, Daniel V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0036806538     PISSN: 00308730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/pjm.2002.206.375     Document Type: Article

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