On the distribution of conjugate points along semi-Riemannian geodesics (Q2386763)
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On the distribution of conjugate points along semi-Riemannian geodesics (English)
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25 August 2005
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It is shown that any compact subset of the real line is the set of conjugate instants along some space-like Lorentzian geodesic. A new procedure for constructing a curve in the Lagrangian Grassmannian starting from a semi-Riemannian geodesic is introduced.
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Lorentzian manifold
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space-like geodesic
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conjugate points
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