Lorentzian manifolds with no null conjugate points

Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 363-375

  Gutiérrez, Manuel ^a   Palomo, Francisco J ^a   Romero, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 4744372019     PISSN: 03050041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305004104007674     Document Type: Conference Paper

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