On the distribution of conjugate points along semi-Riemannian Geodesics

Communications in Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-48

  Piccione, Paolo ^a   Tausk, Daniel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0347461220     PISSN: 10198385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2003.v11.n1.a3     Document Type: Article

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