The distance function from the boundary in a minkowski space

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 359, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5725-5759

  Crasta, Graziano ^a   Malusa, Annalisa ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cut locus; Distance function; Hamilton Jacobi equations; Minkowski structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249108106     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-07-04260-2     Document Type: Article

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